Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced today the administration will move ahead with a plan to buy up stock in financial institutions. The treasury secretary, who met today with finance ministers from the group of seven industrialized nations an

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design 指“制作某物之前深思熟虑地构思”, 如: It was he that designed the garden. 这个花园是他设计的。 invent指“通过想象、研究、劳动, 创造出前所未有的东西

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1. Authorities in Texas say nearly 2,000 people who refused orders to evacuate before Hurricane Ike have been rescued. Crews are searching door to door in Galveston, residents who got out are being urged to stay away. Millions are without power thro

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1. Almost as soon as it began former baseball star Roger Clemens's perjury trial ended Thursday. In a mistrial, the judge blamed on prosecutors and said a first-year law student would have known to avoid. The question of a new trial is still up in th

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1. Eric Holder could be the next attorney general. Aides of President-elect Barack Obama are polling senators, seeing if Holder could be confirmed. He was a number two official in the Justice Department under President Clinton. 2. Automakers are beg

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1.President Barack Obama got down to work today, his first full day in office. Officials say he called a number of leaders in the Middle East, telling them he'll work to consolidate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. 2.Treasury Secretary-design

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1.The Federal Reserve says its opening a new front in its battle to lift the country out of recession. It announced today that it will buy up to 300 billion dollars in long term Treasury securities over the next six months. 2.The head of financially

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AS IT IS 2016-01-20 Iran Glad for Sanction Relief, But Wary of US Iran says it welcomes the easing of economic sanctions, but will remain wary of the United States. Monday, Iran's Defense Minister called the U.S. sanctions hostile toward Iran. The U.

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AS IT IS 2016-07-08 US Orders New Sanctions on North Korea 美国对朝鲜实施新制裁 The United States ordered new economic restrictions against North Korea this week that directly answer human rights abuse. The restrictions are expected to have

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Alexander Hamilton: Father of American Banking 亚历山大汉密尔顿:美国银行之父 Alexander Hamilton was not a U.S. president, but he was one of the most important early leaders of the U.S. He fought in the Revolutionary War, wrote powerful

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AS IT IS 2015-11-01 Myanmar Corruption Plagues Highways, Jade Trade 腐败困扰缅甸公路和玉贸易 Corruption continues to cut into the government treasury in Myanmar. The southeast Asian nation also known as Burma has endured six decades of ci

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AS IT IS 2016-09-04 Apple CEO Tim Cook Upset about EU Tax Bill 苹果CEO蒂姆库克不满欧盟税收法案 After a two-year investigation, the European Union (EU) says the American company Apple must pay over $14 billion in back taxes to Ireland. T

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Some fear that China will buy up American companies, but that fear also existed in the 80s, when America feared that Japan was going to buy up American companies. So what? It was just good, and to the benefit of America. We should welcome China's inv

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主餐一道:泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握

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A: Loans Department, how can I help you? 这里是贷款部,我能如何为您效劳? B: Hello. Could you give me some details about your Personal Pledge Loans, please? 你好。请你给我介绍一些有关你们的个人质押贷款的详细情况

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China has become the biggest holder of Japanese bonds, the National Business Daily reported. 据《每日经济新闻》报道,中国已经成为日本国债的最大持有者。 Japanese investors sold 2.262 trillion yen ($20.1 billion) of U.S. bo

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> 11 加菲尔德 . 詹姆士在1880年总统大选中胜出 DATE=3-22-2001 TITLE=THE MAKING OF A NATION #133 - JAMES GARFIELD BYLINE=FRANK BEARDSLEY VOICE ONE: The making of a nation -- a program in s

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Global financial markets continue to drop sharply in reaction to an unprecedented downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating and lingering concerns about European debt problems and global economic growth. In early Asia trading Tuesday, Japan's

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CAPITOL HILL Global private banking giant HSBC has admitted that lax vigilance made it vulnerable to money laundering by Mexican drug cartels, as well as transactions involving Iran that are banned under U.S. law. HSBC managers pledged to do better i

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White House officials say they will assess Friday whether they can reach a deal with opposition Republicans on raising the U.S. governments legal borrowing limit. President Barack Obama negotiated with top lawmakers from both parties Thursday, with a

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