24 BUSINESS IS FUN

Well there's a tendency to think of economics and business only as serious issues but business can also be fun.And to prove it our program this week highlights companies and people who provide enterta

经济学人:科技股:重获信息泡沫时代高点(3)

But the latest survey reflected fears that the enthusiasm may have gone too far: 但是最近的一个调查反映已经有人开始担忧是否对科技股的热情过头， 38% of managers thought that betting on tech stocks was the most crowded tr

华尔街的赚钱经 第76期:电子商务教父(1)

The Wizard of Web Retailing: Jeff Bezos 电子商务教父杰夫贝佐斯 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1995 as an online bookstore. Due to customer demand the company later expanded and added other products to its inventories, including videos, D

英语小达人 48 Got on the Wagon

Got on the Wagon 戒酒 If I didn't get help I may have lost my daughters forever. That was the reason I sought treatment. I first began drinking at parties, dinners and other social gatherings . Then I began drinking on my own at home and work. 如果

英语沙龙:My Wagon我的旅行车

My Wagon Instead of an established home, my parents gave me something better：a gypsy wagon, so that I could make my home wherever I might be. My father built with boards of art, music, adventure, and deviation from the norms of society. My mother u

The Little Red Wagon-心灵鸡汤

My friend Gayle has been living with cancer for four years and it is proGREssively getting worse. During a conversation with another friend, Gayle expressed that one of her childhood wishes was to have a red Radio Flyer wagon. As a child she never re

伴随小米6上市 雷军表态大力拓展线下销售

Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi Corp, best-known for its online sales strategy, said last Wednesday that it aims to generate 70 billion yuan (10.2 billion dollars) in revenue from its stores in the next five years. 因线上销售策略而闻名的中

生活美语脱口秀—on the wagon戒酒还是坐马车

I am on the wagon. 我坐在马车上。 ？ 是这样的吗？ 你要是这么认为就错了。 I am on the wagon. 其实是说“我在戒酒”。 古代的东西虽然不复存在了，可是古语

中国零售商推出网上购物模式

中国零售商推出网上购物模式 China's retail tycoon Suning, which has a history of 23 years, proposed Cloud Shopping scheme this year. It wants to integrate online and offline retailing businesses, to create new values for consumers and the

经济学人:支付:收购者被收购(2)

The European Commission obliged the Royal Bank of Scotland to sell Worldpay in 2010, as a condition of RBS's bail-out by the British state after the financial crisis. 欧盟委员会(European Commission)要求苏格兰皇家银行(Royal Bank of Scotl

日本上班族为保饭碗苦学英语

In a bid to plugdwindling domestic consumption by tapping into overseas markets, some of Japan's big-name retailers are telling their employees to start speaking English -- or find another job. 为开拓海外市场，弥补日益减少的国内消费，

亚马逊测试无人机送货

NEW YORK - Amazon.com is working on a way to get customers their goods in 30 minutes or less by drone. The world's largest e-commerce company said it's working on the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project in its research and development labs.

中国线上零食消费趋势 90后成为零食消费主力

A report released by CBNData shows that post-90s Chinese females, especially those born after 1995, have become the biggest consumer of snacks sold online. 第一财经商业数据中心发布的一份报告显示，90后，特别是那些1995年后出

西安秦岭一罐新鲜空气售价18元

Oxygen-rich air from Qinling Moungtains was sold in bottles in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, where the mountain situates. A compressed bottle contained 7 L air, and was sold at 18 yuan ($2.85 USD). 一罐罐的秦岭富氧空气日前在陕西省

经济学人243:加拿大零售业 药品生意

Business 商业报道 Canadian retailing 加拿大零售业 Drug deal 药品生意 A merger to see off an American challenge 实行兼并抗衡美国的挑战 THEY met on July 11th in a minivan on a country road. 7月11号，维斯顿佳林，加拿大

英语美文：The Little Red Wagon

My friend Gayle has been living with cancer for four years and it is proGREssively getting worse. During a conversation with another friend, Gayle expressed that one of her childhood wishes was to have a red Radio Flyer wagon. As a child she never re

经济学人:服装零售:被遗忘的大多数(1)

Business 商业 Clothes Retailing: The Forgotten Majority 服装零售：被遗忘的大多数 The fashion industry blatently pays attention to plus-size women. 时尚业将目光投向大码女人。 A good fit is everything, stylists often counsel,

经济学人192:进军海外 以强势日元攻破海外市场

Business 商业报道 Japanese firms shop abroad 进军海外 Armed with a strong yen 以强势日元攻破海外市场 Why Japan Inc has been going on a foreign spree 为何日本企业转而血拼海外 MR TICKLE and Mr Bump are leaping into bed wi

经济学人169:鹅毛大雪,倾盆大雨

The Post Office 邮政局 Neither snow nor rain Nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers. But the internet will 鹅毛大雪 倾盆大雨 炎炎烈日,昏暗夜色都无法使邮差停止送信。但因特网能。 Aug 20th 2011 | LOS ANGELES

英语小达人 258 Under the Wagon

Under the Wagon 在马车下面 A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon loaded of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise. 农场的一个男孩不小心弄翻了装满玉米的马车。住在附近的农夫听到了动静。 Hey Willi