What modern telecommunications company traces its roots back to the Brown Telephone Company? 以下哪个现代电信公司可以追溯到布朗电话公司? Sprint, ATT, Verizon, or T-Mobile. 斯普林特(Sprint)、美国电话电报公司、威瑞森

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Former CIA director David Petraeus whose career was destroyed by an extra-marital affair with his biographer has been sentenced to two years probation and $100,000 fine. I now look forward to moving on with the next phase of my life and to continuing

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In this Business English Pod lesson were going to look at how to clarify and evaluate positions during a negotiation. An important part of any discussion is making our position clear; at the same time, we must make sure we understand the other sides

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Stocks: Proposed Deal Aims to Ready N.Y.S.E. for Electronic Future By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, April 29, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. In

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 健康与经济

New Zealand born billionaire is negotiating to buy substantial slash Tasmanian based timber Gunns.The ABC understands that Richard Chandler wants to buy around 40% of the company.The investment potentially clears the way it build the Tamar Valley pul

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This is AP News Minute. Drug maker giants Pfizer and Allergan are joining in the biggest buyout of the year a $160 billion merger deal. The deal is the biggest ever merge in health care, creating the worlds largest drug company. Police have arrested

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Ghana Prepares for December General Elections The National Democratic Congress, or NDC, has been at the helm for four years now, after wrestling power from the New Patriotic Party, or NPP, in the 2008 general elections. NDC leader and interim Preside

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Violence continued in Jerusalem and the West Bank today. Israeli authorities said 5 Palestinians were shot after a series of stabbings and attempted stabbings of Israelis. At least 4 Palestinians were killed. Several Israelis were wounded. The mayor

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Owners of the New York Stock Exchange Vote for Change By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, December 16, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. In April, t

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The Chinese offshore oil corporation known as CNOOC has abandoned its bid for UNOCAL. This would have been the largest-ever purchase of an American company by a Chinese firm. CNOOC had put forth a bid that was higher than the competing bid from US o

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1. U.S. Airways and American Airlines say they will use all legal options to fight back against a challenges to their merger plans. The Justice Department joined a half dozen states in filing a lawsuit to block the merger in federal court, saying it

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Kashmiri Muslim separatists have been fighting for two decades for independence from India or a merger with Muslim-majority Pakistan. More than 47,000 people have died in the conflict. Yet three years ago, a football coach from Argentina started the

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AZUZ: A trial is going on right now that's closely being watched by companies and legal experts around America. ATT is trying to buy Time Warner, the parent company of CNN, for more than $85 billion. Today, ATT is a large wireless company and satelli

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LESSON 8 I THIND THIS MEETING WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT 我想这个会议非常重要 Mr.larkin!How are you?I'm Jake Sltzer from WEFL. 拉金先生!最近怎么样?我是WEFL的杰克.萨尔茨. I interviewd you in Dallas about the merger. 我曾在达拉

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Islamic Militants Claim Responsibility for Kashmir Attack Islamic militants have claimed responsibility for an attack on a government guesthouse being used to shelter passengers on the first bus to cr

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 July 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the al-Qaida terrorist network is expanding in North Africa, through a loose network of groups that share its ideology. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Robert Gate

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And when the markets in Europe closed just a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 28 points. The Dax and Euro also finished lower. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly, the Dow Jones and SP 500 are both tracking lower. And the Austr

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One of the most high-profile headlines on China's state-run sector this year is a planned merger between Shanghai-based Bao Steel and another steel company based in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Both companies, owned by the central government, a

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【俚语】 Have egg on one's face 丢脸,出丑 【例句】 The CEO really had egg on his face after he went on stage to demonstrate the new product and couldn't get it to work. CEO上台演示新产品,但他自己却不会用,真的是出丑

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Topics: Ask an American: The Princess and the Frog; pronouncing address; to cut the bull/ bullsh*t; outspoken versus vocal Words: fairy tale extension of (ones) disbelief dreamland hand-drawn down here to break (someones) heart merger to bring back t

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