本期内容: A senior HSBC banker was arrested at an airport in New York and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors say Mark Johnson, the global head of foreign-exchange cash trading, and Stuart Scott, a colleague, front ran a $

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本期内容: The FBI obtained a new warrant related to the closed investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server. Democrats criticized the agency's director for disclosing to Congress that it is examining new evidence. Mrs Clint

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本期内容: Scientist David Goodall, 104, has died after choosing to end his life at a clinic in Switzerland, a right-to-die organisation says. The lauded London-born ecologist and botanist, who was not terminally ill, said the decision had been

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本期内容: Deadpool, Marvels latest superhero film, grossed $135m in its first three days in American cinemas, a record for a February release, eclipsing Fifty Shades of Grey, and easily recouping its $58m budget. It is also the first R-rated mo

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本期内容: Chinas economic slowdown continued to weigh on Prada. The luxury-fashion companys sales were flat in the year ending on January 31st, at around 3.5 billion. Sales rose healthily in Europe and Japan, but fell elsewhere in Asia. Because

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本期内容: Sterling weakened, as currency markets fretted that Britons might vote to leave the European Union in June. It fell against the euro, which in turn fell against the dollar and yen; and it dipped below $1.406 to the dollar, its lowest

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本期内容: Britain approved a controversial nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. Theresa Mays new Conservative government had abruptly delayed approving the £18 billion French-Chinese project amid worries about cost, untested technology and

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本期内容: Hillary Clintons doctor said the Democratic presidential nominee was healthy and fit to serve, and that the 68-year-old was recovering from the bout of non-contagious bacterial pneumonia which sparked alarm at the weekend. Donald Trum

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本期内容: Berkshire Hathaway said in a quarterly filing that it paid $1.1 billion earlier this year for a stake in Apple. Shares in the technology giant have since dropped by nearly a fifth. Warren Buffetts investment conglomerate has long shun

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本期内容: Investors led by Chinas Anbang Insurance offered $12.8 billion in cash for Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, owner of brands including Sheraton, Westin and W. The bid threatens to upset Marriotts $11 billion, cash-and-shares takeover

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本期内容: Porsche joined Tag Heuer and Nike in suspending sponsorship of Maria Sharapova, after the Russian tennis star revealed that she had failed a drugs test. The International Tennis Federation said it would suspend her from March 12th, pe

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本期内容: For the first time a computer beat a world champion at the Asian board game of Go. Googles DeepMind AlphaGo defeated Lee Se-dol of South Korea in the first two encounters of a best-of-five series. The third game is due to take place t

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本期内容: Michael Bloomberg is said to be considering standing for the American presidency as an independent. The wealthy media tycoon and former mayor of New York has toyed with the idea on several occasions before, but always concluded that t

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本期内容: TheheadofMexicosbiggestdrugcartelfacesextraditiontoAmericaafterbeingarrestedbyspecialforces.JoaqunGuzmn,knownasElChapo (Shorty),hadescapedfromjailinJuly,viaamile-longtunnel.AmeetingwithSeanPenn,aHollywoodstarwhohehopedwouldportrayhimi

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本期内容: Yahoo abandoned a plan to spin off its $32 billion stake in Alibaba. American authorities had been reluctant to provide assurance that the deal would be tax-free. Yahoo may instead hive off its much less valuable main businesses, such

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本期内容: ChinasaidonThursdaythatitwasbuildingitsfirsthome-designedaircraft-carrier.Itsonlyexistingcarrier,theLiaoning,commissionedin2012,isarefittedSoviet-eravessel,morethan25yearsold.Chinaisembroiledinterritorialdisputeswithseveralothercountr

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本期内容: SpaceX, an American space startup, launched 11 communications satellites into orbit before returning the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket to Cape Canaveral in Florida, where it made a powered landing. Reusing the first stage, which

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本期内容: Apple disappointed investors by reporting its first year-on-year drop in quarterly revenues since 2003. In Asia sales dropped by almost a fifth; net profit fell by 22.5%, to $10.5 billion. Amazon reported its own surprise: revenues well

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本期内容: Boosted by the performance of its new breast-cancer drug Ibrance and childrens vaccine Prevnar, Pfizer reported results well ahead of expectations. Quarterly sales by Americas largest drugmaker were up 20% year-on-year, to $13 billion

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本期内容: A Chinese leather-goods firm won the right to use the name IPHONE on its products. Xintong Tiandi Technology applied for the trademark in 2007; the application made in China by Apple, which makes the iPhone, was not approved until 201

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