1. There are 15 Chinese brands in the top 100, one more than last year and a sharp rise on a decade ago, when China Mobile was the only Chinese brand.

2. Sonneborn, who lives in Bristol, Vermont, with his parents and younger sister, Julia, 11, is seeking the Democratic nomination.

3. 《嘻哈帝国》(Empire)，Fox，周三播出。这部最新的嘻哈乐肥皂剧的导演是电影人李·丹尼尔斯(Lee Daniels)，他曾执导《珍爱》(Precious)和《白宫管家》(Lee Daniels’ The Butler)）。片中泰伦斯·霍华德(Terrence Howard)饰演一个身患致命疾病的说唱乐大明星。

4. It was also the first time Shanghai witnessed a decrease in its permanent population since China adopted the policy of reform and opening-up in 1978, Guo Feng, a research fellow at Shanghai Finance Institute, was quoted by news site wallstreetcn.com as saying on Tuesday.

5. United States emissions had been declining because of increased burning of natural gas in power generation, which emits less carbon dioxide for each unit of energy than does coal. But the nation reported an increase in 2013 as coal regained some market share. If that trend continues, it could prove to be a challenge for the Obama administration as it seeks to institute tighter policies on greenhouse gases.

6. 卢彦说，通州和其他地区也会建设高规格的医院供市中心地区居民看病，该举措可以缓解交通压力和城市拥堵。

应用

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2. In the US, New York, California and Texas received the most investment. Chinese firms invested $5.4bn in New York, the top beneficiary, with most of the money spent on three big financial services and real estate deals.

3. 社交网络内容将出现在谷歌搜索结果页面

4. In a working paper published on Tuesday, Robin Koepke, economist at the Institute of International Finance, an industry group, argues that investors, EM policymakers and the Fed itself have neglected the role of US interest rates in provoking currency, banking and debt crises in the emerging world.

5. Gurinder Chadha goes colonial with a tale of the 1947 handover and its fallout, when Lord and Lady Mountbatten lived in a mansion also containing 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants. Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson are our central couple.

6. 同时，乔金-诺阿和交易无缘，因为甚至都没有关于他的交易流言。

旧版特色

1. 2005年初，斯通和其联合创始人爱丽莎卡玛赫特和朱瑞德斯贾丁斯发现，使用博客的女性规模庞大，但主流媒体却很少会引用她们的文章。于是，三人决定召开一次草根会议，并吸引了谷歌和雅虎（Yahoo）等赞助商。门票很快销售一空，不久，她们便成立了BlogHer.com。这个博客发布平台把撰写博客变成了许多女性可以用来赚钱的一项业务——2009年至2012年期间，这家公司向5,000名博主支付了超过2,500万美元。目前，这个平台的用户已经超过9,200万人。

2. Last year, Islamic State militants seized 49 Turkish hostages from Turkey's consulate in Mosul and held them for more than three months before releasing the group. Those hostages included diplomats, soldiers and children.

3. 威尔·史密斯早年成名，那是上世纪80年代末90年代初，他做嘻哈组合"DJ爵士杰夫&活力王子"的后期成员时。然而，虽然他赚得盆满钵盈，却不善于管理金钱。这真是个老掉牙的故事。名望、金钱扑面而来；却没有远见，空有一堆玩物，最终导致超支。对财产的监管意识与责任感的缺失，让他从富有的顶峰一下跌到破产的边缘。没落之后，他欠政府的退缴税一直没能偿还。