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Sike leave may be made mandatory in Washington D.C. at all businesses A national movement to make sure you get sick days at work is catching on. Fortune small business reports / Washington D.C could become the second US city to require a mandatory s

Report Blames Equipment and Safety Failures for Lion Air Crash

Indonesias National Safety Commission says airplane equipment and carrier safety failures are to blame for the deadly Lion Air crash last month. The government report suggests the airplane should have been removed from service because of earlier repo

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3076 take off

今天我们要学的词是take off. To take off意思是起飞。A Boeing 737 with 113 people aboard crashed and burned just after taking off from a Havana airport. 一架载有113人的波音737客机从古巴哈瓦那一家机场起飞后不久坠机

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American airplane maker Boeing says it has reached a deal to sell 30 aircraft to an Iranian airline. The $3 billion sale of passenger aircraft is the second deal the American aerospace company has reached with an Iranian airline. Boeing announced the

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-03

1.The House of Representatives could vote Friday on a bill to end furloughs for air traffic controllers. The furloughs, which were triggered by budget cuts, are blamed for thousands of flight delays this week. 2.Japan's transportation minister says t

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This is AP news minute. 1. The judge who ordered the Michigan presidential vote recount could stop it on Wednesday. The federal judge is set to hold a hearing on whether to toss out the recount petition from Green party presidential nominee Jill Stei

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To give you a glimpse of the role imaging will play, 为了让诸位对成象技术有所了解， let me describe what we're doing with Liz Claiborne, the very popular designer of women's clothing. 这里，我给大家介绍一下我们是如何与著

Business Channel 2007-03-23&25

China has never hidden its desire to become a major force in the aviation and aerospace industries. And Sundays announcement that it plans to challenge Airbus and Boeings current duopoly by building big passenger jets isnt exactly a shock. I dont th

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Script: Though last two years have been a smooth flying for Boeing. The stock up about 50% now at 96 dollars and 77 cents a share. This week, Boeing unveils its 787, its also two years since Jim MacNerney took over the company, and has seemingly mad

Airbus hails WTO judgement "big win for Europe"

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GENEVA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The reports of the Appellate Body and the Panel on the Boeing case launched by the European Union (EU) was adopted Friday at a regular meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Th

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U.S. safety regulators say they have a long road ahead in their investigation into the lithium ion battery problems on Boeing's 787 Dreamliners. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says they will file their interim findings in 30 day

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-09-11

There is a loud crashing sound and there is a pause for about whats taken and a screamer too and everyone just run everybody there is mass chaos.There are smoke, the black smoke and fire, do you see in there? Yes in there. There are indications that

2018年CRI Who's winning in the US-China Trade War?

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President Xi Jinping also says China advocates the building of a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyber space. Xi Jinping made the comment while attending the 8th annual US-China Internet Industry Forum, at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond

2015年CRI Business Leaders in Seattle Talk About Xi's Visit

The Chamber is one of the most active commercial organizations on the U.S. west coast with more than 2,300 enterprise members including Boeing, Microsoft and Starbucks. Maud Daudon, CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, talks about the

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2711 chopping block

今天我们要学的词是 chopping block. Chopping block 作为名词，有砧板的意思。Boeing says its $17 billion deal with Iran Air might be on President-elect Donald Trump's chopping block. 波音公司说，他们跟伊朗航空公司170亿

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