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The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, on Wednesday cut short-term interest rates in an effort to boost the slowing economy. VOA's Barry Wood reports it was the eighth cut in the overnight federal funds rate in the past year. United States Fede

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Emotional Competence: How Do You Rate? By Richard G. Ensman , Jr What’s more important than organizational skills in the workplace? According to some experts, the ability to manage your emotions and

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S Korea freezes key rate at 2.25%

SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday decided to leave the key interest rate at the current level of 2.25 percent for the third straight month. In its monthly monetary（货币的） committee meeting, the Bank of Korea re

Consensus reached on Central China Economic Belt

WUHAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Mayors of four provincial capital cities in central China on Saturday signed a strategic partnership agreement vowing a coordinated effort in building the Central China Economic Belt. According to the Wuhan Consensus, the c

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Rachel Kremen. Got a minute? Researchers have discovered that improving voter turnout tends to result in better decision-makingat least amongst fish. A recent study of stickleback found that they s

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 May 2008 The U.S. Army reported Thursday that the suicide rate among its soldiers continued to rise last year, and is now nearly double the rate recorded before the invasion of Iraq. But they say last year's increase was not

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2016年CRI Top leaders of CPC and KMT stress 1992 Consensus

Xi Jinping stressed that changes in Taiwan's political landscape cannot change the historical underlying facts or the core connotation of the 1992 Consensus. To uphold the 1992 Consensus with the one-China principle as the core, maintain peace and st

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Meeting with a delegation of county and municipal officials from Taiwan, Zhang Zhijun, head of the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office says the mainland side remains determined stick to the 1992 Consensus, which affirms both sides of the Taiwan Str

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沉湎过去,就无法与今天同行,明天因而也成了一个遥遥的无期。 沉湎过去，就无法让我们的每天过得精彩，痛苦因而成了一个咒语无法摆脱。 What is Your Recovery Rate? What is your recovery rate? How lon

VOA标准英语2013--美国失业率下降，但经济增长滞后

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WELLINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's economic growth is set to accelerate from an estimated 3.1 percent in the year to the end of March this year to 3.8 percent in the following 12 months, according to a quarterly average of economic forecas

China Not to Actively Debase Yuan Rate

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英语杂谈：105 Interest rate

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U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

日本政府关注本国孩子出生率

According to the Washington Post of September 26, Japan's government has been paying more attention to the nations fertility rate, which influences the country's economic development。 The coastal region of Fukui has Japan's biggest share of dual-in

G8 Summit Ends with Consensus on Eurozone Reforms

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Barack Obama says the leaders of the worlds biggest economies are beginning to agree that more jobs and more growth will help reverse Europes economic crisis. The president spoke Saturday at the end of the Group of Eight