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Jack, Grace top 2007 English names
2019-04-08Jack and Grace were the most popular names given to babies in England and Wales this year, according to National Statistics, while Mohammed moved steadily up the rankings.Jack has been the top boys' n...
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Cute makeups
2019-04-08Quirky San Francisco brand Benefit has been providing makeup solutions to ladies worldwide for years, and now they're here in Beijing.Behind the fun and frivolous names, however, are unique products t...
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Bear Stearns reports first quarterly loss
2019-04-08NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Bear Stearns, the major U.S. investment bank, reported on Thursday its first quarterly loss ever in its eight-decade history due to the mortgage crisis. Bear Stearns said...
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices declined Thursday on concerns that the U.S. economy may slow down in the next year. The Conference Board, an economic research group, said Thursday its index...
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Prague, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Germany kept a restricted operation regime at the local border crossing Tillyschanz-Zelezna on Friday in spite of Czech's entry into the Schengen Zone at midnight Thursday,...
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Roast with the most
2019-04-08Kenny Rogers Roasters, once hailed by an American magazine as offering “the most popular chicken in the United States“, recently opened another branch at Yong'anli, just opposite Silk Market.The l...
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Getting the most from vertical management
2019-04-08The report delivered by General Secretary Hu Jintao at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China laid out the new objective of government reform to “accelerate the reform of the adm...
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaks during the ceremony marking the enlargement of the Schengen area, in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, Dec. 21, 2007. Nine European Union (EU) count...
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The dollar continued to rise against the euro on Thursday after a reported showed that the U.S. economy expanded at its fastest pace in four years during the summer. The ...
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced Friday that Patrick J. Healy, managing director at Hellman Friedman LLC, resigned from the board of directors. Pedestrians walk pa...