Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan is set to be given an honorary Oscar by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for his exceptional contributions in cinema, according to a report. 据报道，由于成龙在电影上的杰出贡献...
Chinas banks are set to be the biggest losers in the sweeping bailouts of the countrys steel and coal industries. 中国的银行将成为对国内钢铁、煤炭行业全面纾困的最大牺牲品。 Local governments hoping to save their steel mil...
One of the Federal Reserves rate-setters has described the case for a further increase in short-term interest rates as compelling, arguing that the trends for employment and inflation are in the right direction. 美联储(Fed)利率制定者之一称，...
With Burger Kings new ad featuring a hamburger looks like a burrito, or Pepsis revival of its eery-looking clear cola, it seems that fast-food slingers are spending more time creating attention-grabbing concoctions in their labs rather than fresh ide...
Every night in the summer, more than 15million bats emerge from a hot, cavernous sinkhole just outside San Antonio. 夏天的每个晚上，超过1500万只蝙蝠都会从圣安东尼奥市区外一个热烘烘的大地洞里出来。 They spiral up...
Until recently, a good motto for the well-paid British chief executive would have been united we stand, divided we rise. 直到不久前，对于薪资丰厚的英国CEO而言，一句颇有道理的箴言是团结让我们屹立，分开让我们上升...
A controversial Chinese metals entrepreneur plans to acquire Aleris, a privately held American rolled aluminium products producer, for $1.11bn in cash plus $1.22bn in net debt. 一位引发争议的中国金属制品企业家计划以11.1亿美元现金...
Last week the British university system offered a record number of places. 最近，英国大学体系提供了创纪录的录取名额。 That sounds like good news but do we really need more people to go to university? For that matter, does the wor...
Both US and European policymakers have misdiagnosed what ails the global economy. 美国和欧洲的政策制定者都错判了全球经济的困境。 It is not a short-run, cyclical problem curable with textbook Keynesian stimuli (and exotics like...
Apple will on Tuesday be hit with Europes largest tax penalty after Brussels ruled that the company received illegal state aid from Ireland. 苹果(Apple)将在周二接到欧洲最大的税收罚单，此前布鲁塞尔裁定该公司得到了爱尔兰...
The World Bank is set to make net savings that are half the size of a much-touted $400m target as administrative costs rise on a surge in lending, despite a contentious reorganisation pushed through by Jim Yong Kim, its president. 尽管世界银行(...
The US State Department has temporarily halted EB-1 visa applications from Chinese and Indian nationals due to a dramatic increase in worldwide demand for the visas. 美国国务院已暂时停止受理中国和印度公民的EB-1签证申请，原因是...
Anyone caught dodging the traffic in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, is taken to one of the roadside rooms straight away and taught about traffic laws by local police officers, the China News Service reports. 据中国新闻社报道，在江苏省徐州市，...
Many Asian organisations are badly defended against cyber-attacks, a year-long investigation by US security company Mandiant indicates. 根据美国网络安全公司Mandiant一份长达一年的调查显示，许多亚洲企业在抵御黑客网络攻...
China plans to complete 165 key projects during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period, and will welcome the participation of social and private capital, a senior official said last Tuesday. 一位高级官员于上周二表示，我国计划在十三...
