Greece Nears Debt Write-Off Goal

Greece is nearing its goal of getting the country's private lenders to eliminate $142 billion of the country's debt to help it avoid a default on its financial obligations later this month. A government official told news agencies Thursday in Athens

大学生月均消费1212元 三成以上学生生活费不够花

A survey on spending habits among college students showed 94% depend on their parents or relatives for living expenses and over 30% are short of money. 一项针对大学生消费习惯的调查显示，94%的大学生的生活费由父母或亲戚提供

英国高学历女性被迫“下嫁”

Looking for love: Research suggests women are find it more and more difficult to find men of a similar social status. Women are overtaking men in education and in the workplace, a senior Government minister said yesterday creating a new generation of

向富人增税 对经济增长是利是弊

Conservatives have argued for decades that tax cuts are the key to economic prosperity. And the tax plan presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is pushing would cut taxes for the top 0.1 percent of earners by an average of approximately $1.3 million pe

中国女性喜欢独自旅游

At least 43 percent of Chinese women have traveled alone, slightly higher than the worldwide average of 41 percent, according to the survey on female travel released by TripAdvisor, the worlds largest travel website. 根据世界上最大的旅游网站

苹果手表美国首日百万预订量

An estimated 957,000 American shoppers ordered Apple Watches on Friday - a sign the tech giant's newest gadget is already seeing more initial success than its first iPhone or the iPod. 据估计，4月10日，美国共有95.7万用户预订了苹果公

美国新房销售下滑价格上涨

美国新房销售下滑价格上涨 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sales of new single-family houses in the United States fell from a five-year peak while prices continued to rise last month, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Tuesday. Sales

世界上最幸福的员工在哪个国家

If you are reading this sat at your desk, wishing you were anywhere else other than at work,you might think you share the same attitude towards your job as people around the world. 此刻坐在桌前阅读这篇文章的你，假如你的心飞到了办

男人重美貌女人爱幽默

When it comes to romance, women prefer someone who tickles their funny bone while men opt for those who catch their eye, according to an international survey released on Wednesday. The survey, conducted in 16 countries by Canadian romance publisher H

调查显示 中国消费能力依然坚挺

Most Chinese consumers will continue to spend, this year despite slowing economic growth and market volatility, according to research by Boston Consulting Group. 根据波士顿咨询公司的一项调查显示，尽管今年的经济增长有所放缓

Wall Street rebounds on Greece relief

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Wall Street rebounded from Friday's loss and rose broadly higher on Monday after Greece approved steep financial cuts in exchange for a second round of bailout money to avert a disastrous default. The Dow Jones indus

US Unemployment To Stay High Through 2012

White House economists predicted Thursday that U.S. unemployment will stay at or near its present level throughout next year. They also say that economic growth will be slower than previously projected. A report from the Office of Management and Budg

中国对投资者仍具吸引力

Amid the shift to the so-called New Normal, China's GDP growth slowed to 7.3 percent for last year, the lowest in over two decades. And this figure is predicted to decline further this year, to even below 7 percent. But Yoshihisa Tabata with the Japa

India Announces Another Interest Rate Hike

India's Reserve Bank has raised interest rates in a continuing struggle to control inflation. The rate hike, which was announced Friday, is the 12th increase in the last year-and-a-half. But there are fears that this could further slow down an econom

调查显示 毕业生入行偏好逐渐转变

Preferences of Chinese college graduates for employment have been changing in recent years as the country undergoes transformations in its economic and industrial structure, a recent survey found. 近日一份调查发现，随着我国经济产业结构

China's auto sales up nearly 3%

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's automobile sales hit 9.6 million units in the first half of 2012, up 2.93 percent year on year, data released on Wednesday by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed. Auto output during the

双语：网络信息上传容易删除难

More than half of British adults are so concerned about their online reputation they would erase everything they have ever posted on the Internet about themselves, a recent survey revealed。 35 percent believe they could never consider a career in p

族裔可继续成为美大学招生考虑因素

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin, handing supporters of affirmative action a major victory. 华盛顿本周四，得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校

美国公司员工请假借口很雷人

According to the Daily Mail of October 27, nearly 30 percent of workers called in sick when they were not, last year, found a nationwide US survey。 The survey, including more than 3,100 workers and more than 2,400 employers, asked employers to list

Obama on Jobs: 'We’ve Got To Do More'

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in April, marking the second straight month of slow growth. President Barack Obama is putting the best face on the jobs numbers, one day before the official start of his re-election campaign. U.S. job g