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摘要: In a forest on the outskirts of this former Chinese capital, 58-year-old real-estate developer Lu Jun and his 30-year-old son, Lu Xun. are set to unveil their pride and joy: a $164-million development with 11 buildings designed by leading international architects.outskirts:市郊,郊区 The centerpiece o... 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-11-01 21:35 微雪 阅读(632) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: The Wolff family of Paramus, N.J., was eyeing the gathering clouds and debating whether to cancel a planned park trip when 6-year-old Leora piped up with an idea: 'Let's call Grandma. Her knees always know when it's going to rain!'Leora's grandmother, Esther Polatsek, says she st 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-29 21:45 微雪 阅读(287) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: Chinese investors have been snapping up real estate in the world's most important cities this year. While it's easy to dismiss rich foreign buyers as the dumb money in any market, these investors are taking a sensible approach.Real-Estate:不动产,房地产 snap up:抢购 After earning big profits at home, 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-27 21:43 微雪 阅读(272) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: I'm not a hugger. When I see a registered personal-space invader coming my way at a party, the music from 'Jaws' plays in my head. And there are lots of people like me -- reasonably comfortable in social situations, no particular phobias, just a bit reserved in expressions of physical in 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-26 15:56 微雪 阅读(311) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: More Americans are eating lunch at their desks or even forgoing it altogether. Is passing up a proper midday break bad for one's health? Chris Cunningham, professor of Industrial-Organizational and Occupational Health Psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, offers one view.Brai 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-25 21:02 微雪 阅读(738) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: What's the most destructive force in the tech world, the thing that has nearly killed BlackBerry, pushed Dell to go private, and made a mess of Microsoft?Conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley would finger one of the following technologies: smartphones, tablets, social networks, 'the cloud,&# 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-24 17:35 微雪 阅读(335) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: Apple Inc. 's answer to the increasingly cutthroat tablet-computer market: more product choices and free software.cutthroat:残酷的,剧烈的,凶手 At an event here Tuesday, Apple showed off a new full-size tablet--now called iPad Air--that is thinner and slimmed down to one pound. It also revealed an update 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-23 18:11 微雪 阅读(336) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: Daimler AG's flagship Mercedes-Benz often gets the rap for being an 'old man's car.' More unusual is to hear it from the lips of Gorden Wagener, the luxury brand's youngest-ever design chief.'The perception was, 'no question, you are the old guy in this game,'' th 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-22 16:04 微雪 阅读(219) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: The world is a fast and dangerous place. To survive a company must innovate. Many organizations look to their innovation teams, but to thrive, the whole of an organization needs to become an innovation engine. Businesses that understand that dedicated innovation teams are grossly insufficient to mai 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-21 10:55 微雪 阅读(318) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
摘要: How can you decide whether to have a child? It's a complex and profound question -- a philosophical question. But it's not a question traditional philosophers thought about much. In fact, the index of the 1967 'Encyclopedia of Philosophy' had only four references to children at all - 阅读全文
posted @ 2013-10-20 17:48 微雪 阅读(962) 评论(0) 推荐(0) 编辑
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