2009-03-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- General Motors said on Thursday that 7,500 hourly employees, about 12 percent of the automaker's U.S. hourly work force of 62,400, have accepted buyout offers and most o

2009-03-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Mar. 26 (Xinhua) --Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that "the global financial crisis was caused by white people with blue eyes." The Brazilian president made

2009-03-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration Thursday unveiled a draft legislation that would grant regulators "sweeping expansion" of authority to seize non-bank financial companies whos

2009-03-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Czech center-right government collapsed after losing a no-confidence vote in the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday. Analysts said that the no confidence vote w

2009-03-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. F-22 fighter jet crashed Wednesday on a test flight near Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, a spokeswoman said. The accident occurred at 10 a.m

2009-03-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will host an online "town hall meeting" with ordinary citizens Thursday morning to discuss the economy, The Washington Post reported Wednes

2009-03-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration will tighten up risk control of financial firms and impose more strict rules against financial fraud, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner s

2009-03-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

HONG KONG, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The current global financial crisis exposed the weakness of the current U.S. dollar-standard global reserve system, and an alternative global reserve system should be m

2009-03-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- New home sales in the United States rose by 4.7 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 337,000 units, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

2009-03-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

KIEV, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Russia can participate in modernizing Ukrainian gas transit system, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said here on Tuesday. Ukraine signed a joint declaration on

2009-03-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Two American journalists detained by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will receive well treatment, State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said

2009-03-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration called on Congress on Tuesday to grant it broad power to seize non-bank financial companies whose collapse could jeopardize the economy. "

2009-03-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen of 20 top employees who received some of the biggest bonuses from American International Group (AIG) have agreed to return them back in full, which is more than

2009-03-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama assured Americans on Tuesday that there were "signs of progress" toward recovery, while pleaded for more time and patience. "We will re

2009-03-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Russia will start reviewing its relations with the European Union (EU) if Moscow's interests were ignored, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "If Russia's

2009-03-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAQUBA, Iraq, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a suicide bombing in Iraq's Diyala province on Monday rose to 25 with 45 wounded, a provincial police source said. "Our latest report said t

2009-03-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that he was "very confident" that the latest plan to clean up toxic assets from bank balance sheets will work. "We believe t

2009-03-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) has done enough for now to stimulate its economy, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia said on Sunday, without rulin

2009-03-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

GENEVA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Global trade will decline by some 9 percent in volume terms this year, the biggest such contraction since the Second World War, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in

2009-03-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, March 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks staged the strongest rally this year on Monday as the market was boosted by U.S. government's latest plan on clearing bad bank assets and a larger-than-expe

2009-03-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

KHARTOUM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir called Monday on all African, Arab and Islamic countries to support the new Somali government to boost peace, security and stability in

2009-03-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A small plane crashed Sunday afternoon near an airport in Montana, with 17 people including several children reportedly killed, U.S. authorities said. The sing-en

2009-03-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Labor party chief Ehud Barak on Sunday set up a team to negotiate a possible coalition agreement with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud par

2009-03-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The scandal-ridden Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was pushed under spotlights Sunday by allegations that at least three of its former non-executive directors may have been i

2009-03-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

BUDAPEST, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Saturday announced his resignation and proposed forming a new government with a new prime minister, local media reported.