The Notarization on Prenuptial Agreement in China Being Accepted Gradually

Prenuptial agreements, which are widely accepted in western countries, are still rarely paid attention to in China. But since the recent interpretation of the Chinese Marriage Law triggered widespread debate within Chinese society, prenuptial agreeme

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News Report Worsening Bank Assets Many of the traditional quantitative indicators suggest that bank asset quality is deteriorating, and that supervisors therefore need to be more sentitive to problems at individual banks, both currently and in the mo

VOA标准英语2012--Indicators Show US Economic Recovery Slow, Uneven

Indicators Show US Economic Recovery Slow, Uneven Economists say trucks haul nearly 70 percent of the freight used in the United States. The American Trucking Association says freight is a measure of the economy, because manufacturers have to move ra

NPR 2010-04-20

Transportation authorities in Europe are opening up more airspace to commercial airline flights despite some ongoing concern about the cloud of volcanic ash that has been lingering over the continent for days. The flights will be restricted to so-cal

VOA双语新闻 ---Bush Calls for Action on Economic Challeng

President George Bush says the United States faces difficult economic times - a situation made worse by congressional inaction. 美国总统布什星期二在白宫举行的记者会上说，美国正面临经济困难时期，而国会缺乏行动则使

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Calls for Action on Economic Challenges

By Michael Bowman White House 29 April 2008 President George Bush says the United States faces difficult economic times - a situation made worse by congressional inaction. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House, where Mr. Bush held a news

VOA标准英语2009年-Jobless Figures Add to US Economic Gloom

The U.S. economic gloom deepened Friday with word that the jobless rate soared to 8.1 percent last month, the highest level in 25 years. Crowds wait to apply for jobs outside the New York Department of Labor in the Bronx in New York, 06 Mar 2009 The

VOA标准英语2008年-US Economic Downturn Seen as Mild, Brief

By Michael Bowman Washington 19 May 2008 A Washington-based business group says the U.S. economy remains sluggish, but will likely avoid a major recession. VOA's Michael Bowman reports. The last two U.S. recessions, in the early 1990s and in 2001, sa

VOA标准英语2009年-US Economic Recovery Not as Strong as

New economic data shows the U.S. economy grew more slowly than first thought. The US Commerce Department reports the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at a 2.2 percent annual rate from July to September, down from an earlier estimate of

VOA标准英语2009年-Upbeat US Economic Indicators Amid Record

The U.S. economy is showing further signs of recovery, even as America's national debt continues to skyrocket. U.S. dollars Despite some of the most challenging economic conditions in decades, American consumer confidence jumped unexpectedly this mo

经济学人116:中国经济,李克强好样的!

China's economy 中国经济 Keqiang ker-ching 李克强好样的！ How Chinas next prime minister keeps tabs on its economy 看下一任中国总理如何看管自国经济 Dec 9th 2010 | HONG KONG | from PRINT EDITION IF CHINAS deputy prime minist

巴西总统：通货膨胀受到控制

BRASILIA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday that the country's public-sector accounts and inflation are under control, and the government has all the factors to prevent an unwanted rise in prices. During a ceremony

OECD: Most Global Economies Could Slow Further

A new report says that most of the world's major economies are likely to slow further, but that U.S., Japanese and Russian economic fortunes are showing signs of improving. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Th

奥朗德看好法国经济复苏

PARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that fresh positive domestic and regional economic indicators were backing his optimism about the recovery of the country's economy. They (critics) said that I have been ver

中国环境保护经济蓬勃发展

Frequent smog has made face masks and air purifiers commonplace in many households here in China. We have air purifier at home because sometimes the air quality is too bad. We didn't have face masks at home in the past, but now we have a lot. It has

Risks to U.S. economic growth on rise: Bernanke

WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Top policymakers of the U.S. Federal Reserve believed that risks to U.S. economic growth have increased, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. Participants at the June FOMC (Federal Open Market Commi

Europe Faces More Negative Economic Indicators

The 17 eurozone nations are facing a new wave of negative economic indicators, a further signal that Europe's currency bloc is headed toward a recession. The European Commission said Friday that executive and consumer confidence dropped in December t

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How do you gauge a country's well-being? The usual approach is to look at economic indicators like GDP or employment figures, or social ones like literacy levels or crime rates. But in Britain politicians are seeking a much more basic measure of the

Spain's Rajoy: Economic Situation One of 'Extreme Difficulty'

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says that his nation's economic plight is one of extreme difficulty and that the country may need an international bailout. The Spanish leader told a meeting of his People's Party on Wednesday that those who do no

经济学人319:消失的美好时代

NOW almost five years old, the economic crisis rumbles on. In order to assess how much economic progress it has undone, The Economist has constructed a measure of lost time for hard-hit countries. It shows that Greeces economic clock has been turned