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摘要： As stores stock shelves with youth-targeted products and malls lease to retailers such as Forever 21 Inc., China’s seniors are feeling left out.seniors：年长者，老年人 According to a new report from global market research firm Mintel, only 8% of elderly Chinese consumers feel that marketers adequately ta... 阅读全文

摘要： It's the latest R&D trend: penciling in tinkering time on the company clock. The current craze started with Google's GOOG -0.96%well-known '20% Time' initiative, which encouraged employees to spend 20% of their time at work on a project not related to their job description.Then c 阅读全文

摘要： With Beijing suffering its fourth bout of heavy smog this month, figures ranging from Chinese premier Wen Jiabao to real estate mogul Pan Shiyi have issued calls for the government and industry to get serious about pollution. But the government's flagship English-language newspaper China Daily i 阅读全文

摘要： Touring around China, journalist Bianca Bosker says she heard more than once that the ideal life is, 'to eat Chinese food, drive an American car and live in a British house.'She tested the residential principle, finding not only English estates but French chateaus, Dutch townhouses and Germa 阅读全文

摘要： The holiday season poses a psychological conundrum. Its defining sentiment, of course, is joy -- yet the strenuous effort to be joyous seems to make many of us miserable. It's hard to be happy in overcrowded airport lounges or while you're trying to stay civil for days on end with relatives 阅读全文

摘要： Entirely new product categories seem scarce as America's largest gadget show convenes here this week. But there is plenty of action in making today's products smarter.gadget：小玩意，小工具，小配件 convene：集合，召集，聚集The push exploits more-sophisticated computer chips and software that are rapidly arriving 阅读全文

摘要： Food is a go-to holiday gift for many people. But the wrong choices can come off as tasteless.Elisabeth Holder, managing director of Laduree USA, the French bakery known for its macarons, often gives food as presents to in-laws, grandparents and business associates. But she first does some research 阅读全文

摘要： Major Chinese cities in recent days rolled out plans to loosen restrictions on gaokao, the famously competitive college entrance exams for a nation that treasures education, to meet a New Year's Eve deadline set by the central government. But they might not be as far-reaching as critics had hope 阅读全文

摘要： China's army of migrant workers more than 250 million at last count is one of the most important but least understood factors in the world economy.In recent years, surging wages and fears the stock of rural workers is drying up have raised red flags about China's future growth.drying up：干涸，枯 阅读全文

摘要： Google Inc. is gaining ground against Facebook Inc. thanks to a controversial tactic: requiring people to use the Google+ social network.Google over the past year has boosted the Google+ operation by integrating it with the company's top-tier properties, including its Web search engine, Gmail, Y 阅读全文