Responding to a growing outcry over conditions at its overseas factories,Apple said Monday that an outside organization had begun to audit working conditions at the plants where the bulk of iPhones, iPads and other Apple products are built, and that the group would make its finding public. For years, Apple has resisted calls for independent scrutiny [...]
TOKYO — From inspectors’ abandoning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as it succumbed to disaster to a delay in disclosing radiation leaks, Japan’s response to the nuclear accident caused by the March tsunami fell tragically short, a government-appointed investigative panel said on Monday. The failures, which the panel said worsened the extent of the [...]
Here are some interesting things about the Fiat 500 that don’t really matter: The little biscotti are not selling as well as Fiat North America—a division of Il Chryslerino—had planned. The 500 will probably finish out the year with sales in the low 20,000s, well short of management’s 50,000-unit prediction, apparently made at a blind-drunk [...]
It looks like Sony Pictures wants to release a biopic about Steve Jobs based on Walter Issacson’s upcoming authorized biography. 看起来索尼公司想要发布一个斯蒂芬乔布斯传记片基于沃尔特.艾萨克斯即将来临的授权传记。 According to Mike Fleming at blog Deadline New York, the studio is working on a deal that would give it film rights to the book, which is set to be released later this month. 根据麦克弗莱明对纽约博客最后期限，这个电影制品厂做了一个协定将把这个电影版权给予这个月末发布的传记。 Fleming [...]
HONG KONG — General Motors said Tuesday that it would develop electric cars in China through a joint venture with a Chinese automaker, and would transfer battery and other electric car technology to the venture. 香港-通用汽车公司周二表示它将通过与中国汽车制造商在中国合资发展电动车，将电池和电动车技术转移到合资企业。 G.M., which is already the largest foreign maker of conventional vehicles in China, is keen to help define the [...]
Today Dan Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point went activist on Yahoo! (YHOO). The hedge fund manager is well known for his eloquently penned letters that often attack his targets with brutal honesty. 今天丹尼尔·勒布的对冲基金麾下的第三点有限责任公司对雅虎公司（股票代码 YHOO）有所行动。对冲基金经理以他富有雄辩的信函，经常残忍而又诚实地抨击他的目标而著称。 Below is Dan Loeb’s letter to Yahoo! (YHOO): 下面是丹尼尔·勒布写给雅虎（股票代码 YHOO）的信: “September 8, 2011 2011年9月8日 Board of Directors 董事会 Yahoo! Inc. 雅虎公司。 701 First [...]
SINGAPORE – Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is the only Singapore company to make the cut on Forbes Asia’s Fabulous 50 ranking of the largest listed companies in the region this year. 新加坡–今年在这里，亚太酿酒厂（APB）是唯一一家新加坡企业努力挤进福布斯亚洲50强最大的公司排行。 APB, with a market value of US$5.7 billion (S$7 billion) and sales of US$1.9 billion, is a newcomer to the list. Olam International, [...]
FORTUNE — After Warren Buffett announced David Sokol’s resignation on March 30, the Wall Street rumor mill got cranking at full speed. Some wags proposed that Sokol, the Berkshire Hathaway executive who bought some $10 million worth of Lubrizol shares in the months leading up to his company’s acquisition of the chemicals giant (and made [...]
Google has made its second bid for a slice of the mobile phone market, with the launch of its Nexus S phone. 随着Nexus S手机的发布，谷歌已经跨出了它通向手机局部市场的第二步。 The Samsung-built device comes less than 12 months after the launch of the firm’s Nexus One, built by HTC, which failed to win over many consumers. 在谷歌推出第一代Nexus后不到12个月，由HTC开发的三星手机出现了，但是它未赢得许多消费者的青睐。 The Nexus S will [...]
Oil fluctuated as U.S. equities retreated after Cisco Systems Inc. said profit will miss analyst estimates and a report showed Chinese refiners processed a record amount of crude. Oil retreated as Cisco’s forecast triggered a selloff in technology companies. Futures surged earlier today when a report showed that Chinese refineries processed 12 percent more crude [...]
A company that claims it owns the trademark on the name “IPAD” in China says it will sue Apple for infringing on its ownership in that market, according to the Financial Times. 据金融时报报导，在中国，有一家公司声称它拥有”IPAD”的商标权，同时它将要起诉苹果公司在市场中侵犯了它的所有权。 The report, published today, weaves a complicated international legal tale surrounding Apple’s efforts to secure the trademark name on its popular touchscreen [...]
PARIS — Google has pledged to overhaul its rules and procedures for blocking certain advertisers from buying “sponsored links” on its search engine as part of a settlement with French authorities announced Thursday. 在周四巴黎法国当局宣称：谷歌已经承诺重新修定它的规则并且利用程序封锁某些在它的搜索引擎上购买“赞助商链接”的广告商，以此作为和解的一部分。 As part of the deal with French Competition Authority, Google agreed to adopt conditions, including a three-month notification period, when it [...]
We all want to look younger than we actually are, and many of us think we’re doing all we can to fight the clock. What if we told you you were probably missing some pretty important steps? Read our anti aging tips for your skin and see if you really are doing everything you can [...]
