英语听力视频：Twitter高价上市带动社交产品IPO

Twitter纽交所上市 IPO市值达141亿美元 How much will Twitter's IPO go for? From October 25, 2013: CNN's Christine Romans takes a look at how much Twitter's IPO stock price will be. 美国著名社交网站Twitter最终将其IPO的价格定为每

科学美国人60秒 SSS Some Malaria Mosquitoes May Prefer Cows to Us

As you've probably experienced firsthand, some mosquito species have a real taste for warm, human blood. So much so that if you raise them on it the lab, they'll accept no substitute. Fortunately, I don't get major reactions at all. Brad Main is a mo

英语闲谈-Complimenting Someone's Clothes(1)

A: You look really nice today. B: Thank you. I just got this outfit the other day. A: Really, where did you get it? B: I got it from Macy's. A: It's really nice. B: Thanks again. You look nice today, too. A: Thank you. I just got these shoes today. B

英语闲谈-Complimenting Someone's Clothes(2)

A: I absolutely love what you're wearing today. B: You do? I just bought this outfit a couple days ago. A: Seriously, it looks really nice on you. Where did you buy it from? B: I bought it from the Macy's at the Santa Anita mall. A: I really like tha

英语闲谈-Complimenting Someone's Clothes(3)

A: I think that you look very cute today. B: Is that right? This is a brand new outfit. A: What store did you get it from? B: I went to Macy's and picked it out. A: I love your outfit right now. B: Well, I think you look nice today too. A: Thanks. I

China has no timetable to reopen IPO approvals

BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The government has no plan to start approving IPOs again, sources from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said Thursday. A CSRC official who declined to be named made the remarks at a news briefing, dismiss

LinkedIn targets $3.3 bln valuation for IPO

BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Professional social networking site LinkedIn is aiming for a valuation of 3.3 billion U.S. dollars for its initial public offering, media reports said Tuesday. The Mountain View, California-based company is expected to

英闻天下——76 China's IPO and Refinancing Markets in 2012

A leading Chinese financial data provider says that IPOs on China's A-share market lost its momentum in 2012, with fewer newly listed companies and reduced fundraising. Some 150 Chinese firms raised a combined 93 billion yuan through IPOs in Shanghai

Italy lacks energy for economic revamp

ROME, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Italy lacks the necessary energy(能量,活力) and strength for an economic revival while unemployment and poverty are on the rise, warned a report issued Friday. The 44th edition of the Censis think tank social survey, the

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2016-8-15

In Africa's battle against malaria, two low-tech tacticsinsecticides and bed netshave done a decent job killing off mosquitoes. But it's mainly one species that's been affected. That's a species called Anopheles gambiae, sometimes called the African

股市反弹 IPO再度重启

China's securities regulator has announced that it will resume initial public offerings by companies after halting the fundraising mechanism since July. The suspension was part of emergency measures to contain a massive meltdown that sent the stock m

阿里巴巴本周启动IPO路演

After a one-week delay, Alibaba is to start its IPO roadshow this week. The company is reportedly going to go public on the New York Stock Exchange next week. Last Friday, Alibaba disclosed its initial public offering price range for the first time,

中国IPO市场异常火爆 800家公司等待审批

China's market for initial public offerings (IPOs) is the hottest it's ever been. 中国的首次公开募股(IPO)市场正处于空前火爆的状态。 The 62 new stocks that have completed their first month of trading this year soared 420%, on ave

中国IPO发行被要求暂停

BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-eight Chinese companies that have obtained permission from the securities watchdog for initial public offerings (IPOs) announced Saturday evening they would postpone follow-up issue of shares due to recent fluctuati

IPO重启 A股连续下跌

IPO重启 A股连续下跌 BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese stocks extended their losses from last week and sank to a five-month low on Monday amid lackluster economic data and fears that the flood of new listings that will soon hit the market

百度爱奇艺视频网站向IPO迈出一步

Baidu, Chinas equivalent of Google, said Friday that it had received a nonbinding proposal to acquire its majority stake in the Chinese video streaming website Qiyi.com, valuing the business at about $2.8 billion. 百度在周五表示收到一份收购

万达电影院线上市IPO

China's biggest movie theatre operator, Wanda Cinema Line, is reportedly going to scale back its IPO, scheduled to take place on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange later this week. Reports say Wanda will seek to raise about 1.2 billion yuan or 203 million U

英文短篇故事（纽约）273 The Facebook IPO

Facebook's initial public offering was May 18. CNBC was covering the event live. Ian went online at 11 a.m. Shares were selling at $39 each. He decided to gamble his entire savings of $5,000. He placed a market order to buy 128 shares. He waited for

China IPO market may hit 39 bln USD in 2012: auditor PwC

SHANGHAI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Funds raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges is expected to reach 200 to 250 billion yuan (39.3 billion U.S. dollars) this year, top auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers

万物简史 第509期:丰富多彩的生命(5)

You might not think there would be that many people in the world prepared to devote lifetimes to the study of something so inescapably low key, 你或许会认为，世界上不会有多少人愿意花毕生的心血来研究那个不起眼儿的东西