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The United Nations says the world economy is on the mend. In its annual economic report released Wednesday (January 20), the U.N. predicts a global growth rate of 2.4 percent in 2010 with East and South Asia taking the lead. But the organization warn
Asian stock prices have dropped in line with markets in the United States after President Obama announced plans for new limits on how banks invest. Benchmark indexes in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Seoul fell up to two and a half percent Friday.
The man who helped Thailand survive the Asian financial crisis says reforms a decade ago have made the region's banks better able to weather the global economic downturn. Former Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda also gave his endorsement to ban
The European Central Bank has announced a new stimulus package to boost economic growth in the euro zone. ECB President Mario Draghi cut the banks main interest rate to 0% for the first time. The bank will also increase its increasingly bond-buying p
The Australian share market is tracking heavy selling in European and the US overnight after the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve disappointed traders. The All Ords is down 1.8%. The ASX 200 Index down just a little more than that. Sl
ANZ is the last of the big four banks to raise the interest rate on its standard variable home loans. ANZ increased rates by 18 basis points to 5.56%. NAB announced 17 basis points increase earlier today while the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have a
Chinese vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong says the main agenda, with a focus on innovation and development, comes at a time when the world economy continues to struggle down a fragile path of recovery. It is historic that China, as the host country of
The U.S. jobless rate dropped to 9.7 percent in the first month of the new year, providing Americans with some good news that the economic recovery may be taking hold. But, overall another 20,000 jobs were lost, which was disappointing as President B
It cuts branches into more manageable lengths and then swims them down a network of purpose-built canals towards the dam. The pond to give this beaver protection from predators, and the canals allow it to forage far into the forest, carrying many tim
As China's middle class grows, the demand for entertainment is being met with a boom in cinema construction. In a country where 300 million people are said to be able to afford movie tickets and where many want to see films like Avatar in new plush m
The consumer price index actually fell below the key 2-percent level, coming at 1.8-percent--it was also below expectations. The last time CPI was this low, was 18 months ago. Month-on-month, CPI declined 0.3% from March, after having already fallen
今天我们要学的词是premature。 Premature, 提前的,早于预期的,尚未成熟的。一位美国妇女在洛杉矶的一家医院产下了八胞胎。 They were born nine weeks premature, weighing between 680 grams and one-and-one-half
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- In a campaign-style speech, U. S. President Barack Obama Tuesday reiterated the Buffett Rule to highlight the importance of economic fairness for the nation's prosperity, as Obama has geared up his reelection bid. The
1.President-elect Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders to talk about the economy today. But we are now told the broad economic stimulus package Obama is pushing for won't be ready for a signature the day he takes office. Republicans say the
1.President Barack Obama is joining other world leaders at the G-8 summit in Italy. Topping the agenda are new efforts for battling global warming and the economy. G-8 leaders said the global economy is still too shaky to begin rolling back massive
The House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday by a vote of 328 to 93 that would heavily tax employee bonuses handed out by companies receiving government bailout funds. 美国国会众议院星期四投票,以328票赞成,93票反对
China's five-year policy of subsidizing the purchase of home appliances in rural areas came to an end on January 31 with a total government subsidy of 100 billion yuan leading to over 600 billion yuan in spending by rural residents. For more on the s
At his first press conference of the year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said his cabinet will reflect on war history. This echoes Emperor Akihito's call for the nation to learn from history in his New Year speech. Abe says the Japanese gove
Ow! Why Hot Feels Cold Kids dont try this at home! Have you ever dipped your toe into a very hot bath and felt a flash of icy cold just before you realize that its really burning? After you pull your toe out, you might wonder what causes very hot wat
Reducing housing inventories has been set as one of the five main goals of the supply-side structural reform program established at this year's Central Economic Work Conference. Deputies attending this year's National People's Congress have been reco