North Sea oil and the budget 北海油气和预算 Priming the pumps 采取措施 For the oil and gas industry, tax reductions were overdue 油气工业减税政策已过期 Sunset industry? 夕阳工业? AMONG the tax cuts announced in his budget

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Israel and Palestine 以色列和巴勒斯坦 Take a break 僵局再起 The two-state solution is still the only one that makes sense. But it won't happen this time round 目前两国制仍是解决巴以问题的唯一方式,但这一次依然无法

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Campaign organizers 活动组织者 The political genie 政治中的阿拉丁神灯 New and mysterious, the campaign organiser is credited with mighty powers 活动组织者们被认为有一种新的、神秘的伟大力量 ROBIN MCGHEE's desk is a

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Patient data 病人数据 Caring and sharing 关爱和分享 A controversial NHS database will benefit patientseventually 颇有争议的英国国民保健服务数据库将最终惠及病人 NESTLED among offers for tree trimmers, cleaners and slank

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Italian politics 意大利政治 A golden opportunity 绝佳机会 The split of Silvio Berlusconi's party could boost the governing coalition 贝卢斯科尼政党的分裂将推动政治联盟 T WAS meant to be a christening, but it turned into a fu

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Free exchange 自由交流 For richer, for poorer 贫富皆为 One way or another, America's government will end up bailing out Puerto Rico 无论如何,美洲政府都会出钱援助波多黎各 IN DECEMBER, as a winter chill descends on the conti

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Wage negotiations in Argentina 阿根廷的工资谈判 Class war 一场关于开学的战争 Teachers'unions go out on strike 教师公会举行罢工 IT CAN'T be that every annual salary negotiation makes it a strain just to begin the school year,

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Finance and economics 金融商业 Banking for immigrants-Far-sighted 移民金融未来福地 Catering to foreign-born customers is a growing niche in finance 迎合外来国民的金融需求,正逐渐成为金融中的利基市场 MOST banks wou

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Britain's economy 英国经济 Spurious George 虚伪的乔治 The chancellor is poised to put forward a long-term plan for Britainabout the wrong thing 英国财政大臣信誓旦旦的准备在错误的事上为英国提出一个长期计划。 THE

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Skilled labour技工Behind the scenes在幕后What a shortage of workers on film sets in Georgia says about America美国称,乔治亚州电影现场面临工作人员的严重短缺问题THE recent arrival of aliens and murderous youth in suburban

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Hong Kong's finances香港金融Going with the flow顺势而为Exposure to China is rising but the biggest risk comes from America与中国大陆的接触增多,但最大风险来自美国IF INVESTORS are worried about the cloud of political uncert

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Free exchange自由贸易Tilted marine倾斜的海运New techniques show the damage done by subsidies at the heart of global trade新方法表明对航运业的补贴具有危害性THERE is no better symbol of the benefits of globalization than the c

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The euro-zone economy欧元区经济Cyclical stagnation周期性萧条The recovery grinds to a halt复苏放缓THIS week's figures for the euro-zone economy were dispiriting by any measure. An already feeble and faltering recovery has stumbled. Outpu

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Arab Bank阿拉伯银行The long arm of the plaintiff原告的长臂American victims of terrorism sue a bank, claiming it abetted attacks美国恐怖主义的受害者们控告一家银行,声称其支持恐怖袭击HAMAS, the Islamic militant grou

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The foreign-exchange market外汇市场Fixed rates固定汇率The money-spinners await their fate货币投机者只能等待赚钱的时机A CITY worker looking for a quiet place to nap nowadays could do worse than head for his bank's foreign-exchang

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Popping property bubbles 戳破房地产泡沫 Choosing the right pin 选择正确的针 House prices in Europe are losing touch with reality again. Deflating the bubbles will not be easy 欧洲的房价渐与现实脱节。挤压泡沫并非易事 T

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Car loans in America 美国汽车贷款 Bad carma 因果循环 Borrowers, not lenders, have more to fear from the latest subprime lending boom 贷款人,而不是出借人,更加惧怕最近次级贷款的繁荣 For whom? 为了谁 WHAT would you

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Taxing corporate cash 税收磨刀霍霍向猪羊 A tempting target 一个诱人的目标 South Korea's government tries to get firms to spend their accumulated riches 韩国政府试图向企业现金储备征税来充盈国库 SINCE becoming South

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Tesco's accounting problems 乐购财务危机 Not so funny 不那么有趣 Booking revenues, like comedy, is all about timing 预估收益和喜剧一样,把握时机很重要 IT IS too soon to say whether the accounting misstatement at Tesco was

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Corporate taxation 企业税务 Death of the Double Irish 计划夭折 The Irish government plans to alter one of its more controversial tax policies 爱尔兰政府计划改变其一项颇具争议的税收政策 BONO may front one of the world's mo

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