Selling linen and tableware in only one colour may not sound like a million-pound idea. 只卖一种颜色的亚麻制品和餐桌布?这听起来不像是一个能赚到百万英镑的主意。 But Chrissie Rucker went six times better than that m

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A gold rush that swept China during the May Day holidays is continuing. Sales of jeweler and gold bars soared, as the price of gold fell. 五月份席卷中国的购金热潮仍在持续。由于黄金价格下跌,珠宝商和金条的销量飙升。

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2013年05月

Hong Kong stocks closed 0.44 percent higher on Monday, led by the Chinese mainland banks and property companies, ahead of a slew of economic data out of the U. S. and China this week as well as the start of the U.S. earnings season. The benchmark(基

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The number of Chinese e-commerce customer complaints increased by 14.78% year on year in 2016, according to a report released by China's E-commerce Research Center. 中国电子商务研究中心近日发布的报告显示,2016年全国电商消费者

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A large bomb that exploded at a luxury hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan has claimed the lives of at least 11 people and left 55 others wounded today. Officials say militants attacked the Pearl Continental Hotel popular with foreigners with guns and a tru

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The new US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan told attendees at a Senate hearing today that while Pakistan faces an extremely difficult situation, the Muslim nation of 175 million people is not in danger

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

An appeal from Swedish prosecutors is keeping Julian Assange in a British jail for at least another two days. Sweden is fighting a British judge's decision today to free the Wikileaks founder on bail while he fights extradition to Sweden, where he fa

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The US markets are reacting in part to more upbeat economic news this time in retail. The Commerce Department reports consumers spent more money in the last three months than previously thought. In July, retail sales rose 0.5%, and the government rev

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President Obama is condemning this week's attack on Afghan civilians allegedly at the hands of one US soldier, and hes promising swift punishment for anyone involved. The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own

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AS IT IS - E-commerce in India Today, we travel to India, where millions of people are sitting at their computers, just waiting to buy something new. Also, well go to California to hear about industrial robots and American workers. If you have a prod

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AS IT IS 2016-03-14 US Coasts Boast Job Growth Job growth happened on the east and west coasts of the U.S. last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 据美国劳动统计局统计,去年美国东西海岸的就业率有所回升。 Th

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US Hiring Slows in March But Unemployment Rate Dips American companies hired fewer workers in March but the nation's unemployment rate dipped slightly lower to 8.2 percent. Economists say that's because fewer people looked for work. Despite the slowd

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美国零售商大战即将打响 It's the most profitable time of the year for retailers, accounting for 20 to 30 percent of annual revenue. 对于零售商来说,最挣钱的时候到了,这一时期将占据年营业额的20-30%。 And this ye

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她们年过30依然单身,生活丰富,朋友也不少,有精力追求事业,也有时间享受生活。别人眼中的她们可能有点另类,她们就是中嫩族。 We've had WAGS, yuppies and metrosexuals; now meet our newest social p

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A surge in industrial activity has pushed up Chinas annual economic growth rate to 6.9 per cent in the first quarter, according to government statistics released on Monday, 周一发布的中国政府统计数据显示,工业活动的急剧攀升,将

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Like Makoko and the Torre David, 像马卡卡和托雷大卫一样, throughout the Zabbaleen you'll find all the same facilities as in any typical neighborhood. 通过扎巴林你可以发现在任何典型的社区里都完全一样的设施。 Th

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A wild week on Wall Street has come to an end. Oil prices continue to shatter records. Let's check in with Valerie Morris, she has the details on oil and how the markets fare today. Hi, Valerie. Hi th

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2006年

There are plenty of skeptics though, if you think back to it, when Wall Street analysts began talking about Google as a 400-dollar-a-share stock, do you remember that? Yeah. Well, on Thursday, it clos

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Finance and Economics;Indian banking;Kotak moment; 财经;印度银行;Kotak的时代 At last, a bank that didn't fall victim to Goldman envy; 一家最终没有沦为嫉妒高盛的受害者的银行; In 1993 two Goldman Sachs partners, Jon

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

Britain Scotland's independence referendum 英国 苏格兰独立公投 Och aye the No 还是投反对票吧 Scotland ponders whether independence and separation are the same thing 苏格兰思考独立和分离是不是一回事 Should Scotland be a

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