1. Total Program Cost: $181,500 in either Philadelphia or San Francisco

2. Their inclusion has come at the expense mainly of European companies, signalling the shift in economic power towards the east. There is only one Indian brand in the top 100 ranking — HDFC Bank. Russian, Mexican and Brazilian brands have fallen out of the ranking in the past few years — a sober reflection of the changing fortunes of these emerging markets.

3. Ahh, the glamorous life of AT&T: best friends with Steve Jobs, exclusive rights to the iPhone (for now) and carrier of choice on the iPad. So why, with everything going for it, did the stock miss a huge rally? In the year ending April 1, Apple soared 109% and the S&P 500 rose 41%. AT&T? Down 2%. The problem is growth, or lack thereof: little in its saturated wireless business and a decline in landlines, which still accounts for 25% of sales. Unless its high-speed Internet business takes off or the iPad drives new wireless growth, the beatings by Wall Street will continue.

4. Yan Pu, head of portfolio review in Asia at Vanguard, suspects the Asian product mix may be holding things back. For example, Asian providers offer plenty of equity ETFs but very few fixed income products. In the US, she notes, fixed income ETFs are growing rapidly.

5. The impact will also ripple out to some net commodity importers, Mr Williams believes, with higher commodity prices likely to boost the price of resource-intensive manufactured goods such as steel, bolstering the value of exports from the like of South Korea.

6. 然而，在开始攻读EMBA课程之前，男女学员之间已然存在巨大的薪资差距，女性平均薪资较男性低15%，女性和男性的这个数字分别为11.1万美元和12.8万美元。

应用

1. 随着美国电子商务交易接近零售总额的10%，越来越多的商家开始寻找既好用又能帮他们快速卖出商品的电商平台。

2. Although foreign trade accounts for a greater share of the economy than ever, the United States is still more insulated than virtually every major competitor in Europe and Asia. Such everyday purchases as haircuts, dry cleaning, financial advice and eating out are virtually immune from foreign competition.

3. ●"President Obama Confirms He Will Refuse To Leave Office If Trump Is Elected"

4. 据德国工商总会的数据显示，法国在2016年继续保持德国第二大贸易伙伴的地位。

5. Wealthy Chinese are showing growing interest in islands in recent years.

6. China purchased 141,000 industrial robots in 2017, up 58.1% year-on-year, but foreign brands accounted for nearly three quarters of that, showing that the gap is still widening between Chinese robot makers and their foreign peers.

旧版特色

1. 7.Yes, John was with me last night. – Because that’s what friends do… we agree and ask questions later。

2. 5. It's a dog's life for the British

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