13-11-13 A ban on slaughtering animals anywhere except at a central abattoir has come into force in the Somali capital. 索马里首都已经开始执行一项禁止屠杀动物的禁令，中心屠宰场除外。 Camels are highly prized in Somalia for their milk and meat Until the start...

13-11-07 Twitter shares have been priced at $26 each, ahead of its debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday. Twitter周四在纽约证券交易所首次上市，股票每股26美元。 That is above the $23 to $25 range announced on Monday and values the short mess...

13-10-14 A certain man made a wooden image of Mercury, and exposed it for sale in the market. As no one offered to buy it, however, he would try to attract a purchaser by proclaiming the virtues of the image. So he cried up and down the market, A god for sal...

13-09-12 The European Commission is proposing to scrap mobile phone roaming charges across Europe. 欧盟委员会提议，在欧洲取消移动电话漫游费。 The Commission described the reforms as the most ambitious plan in 26 years of telecoms market reform. It said the m...

13-08-24 Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is to retire from the technology giant within the next 12 months. 微软总裁史蒂夫鲍尔默将在未来12个月内退休。 Shares in Microsoft, criticised for its slow response to the booming market for mobile devices, leap...

13-08-23 Brazil's central bank has announced a $60bn plan to prop up the value of the national currency. 巴西央行宣布投入600亿美元提升本国货币的价值。 It comes as the Brazilian real nears a five-year low against the US dollar. The real and other emerging mar...

13-08-09 Greece's unemployment rate hit another record high in May of 27.6%, according to the country's statistics body. 五月份希腊失业率27.6%，再创历史新高。 The figure, from the Hellenic Statistics Authority, compares with a jobless rate of 23.8% in May la...

13-07-19 The results of a major international effort to assess the status of dozens of European fish stocks find that many of those stocks in the northeast Atlantic are being fished sustainably today and that, given time, those populations should continue to...

13-07-17 The best way to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change is through the use of market forces, according to a new study. Researchers who monitored the effectiveness of the European Climate Exchange (ECX) -- the world's biggest carbon trading...

13-06-08 US employment rose by slightly more than economists had predicted during May. 五月份美国的就业率比经济学家之前预测的数据稍有增长。 The latest US non-farm payrolls show that 175,000 jobs were created last month. But the unemployment rate increased sl...