1. 只有科比在32岁的时候参加了更多的比赛，而且他的场均出场时间还少了几分钟，而且这还仅包括常规赛。

2. 亚洲的商界女性在崛起：整个亚洲地区在榜单上的表现都非常抢眼，从中国和新加坡到新西兰和泰国，都能找到女强人的身影。亚洲的女性企业家群体正在崛起，例如张欣（排名第50）、孙亚芳（排名第77）和周凯旋（排名第80）。在政界，亚洲女性也在施展自己的抱负，例如新上榜的韩国总统朴槿惠（排名第11），缅甸反对派领袖、国会议员昂山素季（排名第29），澳大利亚总理茱莉亚·杰拉德（排名第28），以及泰国总理英拉·西那瓦（排名第31）。

3. 221位去年上榜的富豪今年跌出榜单，有198位富豪首次入选，去年榜单上有29人去世，今年则有29位重返榜单之人。

4. The ability of customers to air their dirty laundry to the world via Twitter and Facebook has already changed the customer service game. A 2012 Nielsen survey shows more than half of all customers now turn to social media for redress; meanwhile, some 81% of Twitter users expect a same-day response to questions and complaints. But this fall, things got even more interesting: On Sept. 2, British Airways passenger Hasan Syed spent an estimated $1,000 to purchase several promoted Tweets blasting the company for losing luggage. With paid social media now in customers' arsenal, 2014 may mark the beginning of the end of abysmal customer service at major airlines, credit card companies, banks, and other repeat offenders, characterized by endless phone wait times and those automated "phone trees" (i.e., "Press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish, 3 to waste your entire afternoon on hold ...").

5. In addition, the top-ranking cities typically performed poorly in costs and culture and lifestyle. China's "cities of opportunity" continue to face challenges when it comes to building cities that satisfy the needs of the populace and provide a high quality of life.

6. So, yeah, I think they should tank and they might even be able to get some good value for Ibaka in a trade even if it would be a really quick about-face. God they're weird.

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1. Five schools from five different countries are ranked for the first time. Singapore’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business is the highest new entrant coming straight into 36th place. Canada’s Queen’s Smith School of Business registered the best progression, climbing 32 places to 67th.

2. 2015年，全球范围发起的233起反倾销案件中，针对金属行业的案件占比达创纪录的46%，几乎全部是针对钢铁行业的案件。

3. adj. 可用的，可得到的，有用的，有效的

4. 安娜的工资也就是巴西的最低月薪，仅330美元。因此门票对普通老百姓来说实在过于昂贵。

5. The second event of note is Comac’s latest round of financing—it raised 15 billion yuan ($2.3 billion) last month in the form of a 10-year debt investment plan—combined with the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in June by Airbus and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The financing and MOU are intended to help bring about a fully developed, competitive domestic supply chain, the former through the injection of research and development money down the supply chain and the latter through the integration of Chinese suppliers in Airbus’s global supply network. The objective, as outlined in the “Made in China 2025” plan, is for Chinese suppliers to provide 80% of all parts by 2025.

6. Frederickson说这样做会让你赚到一些钱，结交一些新朋友。也可以锻炼一下你在失业期间可能会生疏的一些技能，比如：做事要快，多任务同时进行，迅速而出色地回答问题等。

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1. Coca-Cola (KO, Fortune 500) Chief Executive Muhtar Kent thinks as both a first-generation American as well as a business leader that immigration reform is good for business. Kent outlined in a February USA Today op-ed how "lucky" he felt to be able to make his life in the U.S. and his belief that foreign entrepreneurs should have the same opportunity. The CEO wrote that he supports immigration reform because immigration is "an essential part of the growth calculus for this great country."

2. 但是，这些进展也指向美国和欧盟在利用此类案件上的巨大差异，欧盟目前正在讨论是否要赋予中国世界贸易组织(WTO)框架下的“市场经济”地位——这一让步会使对中国提起反倾销案变难。

3. For the students interested in comparing school options around the world, US News released the fourth edition of its annual Best Global Universities rankings.