1. 自2005年以来，年度最佳商业图书奖的评奖标准一直是“对现代商业问题提供了最令人叹服且最有趣味的深刻见解”。2014年的获奖者是托马斯皮凯蒂(Thomas Piketty)的《21世纪的资本》(Capital in the Twenty-First Century)。

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3. 华为的品牌价值增长22%，至190亿美元，其排名上升20个位次，至第50位。

4. 希拉里?克林顿和唐纳德?特朗普之中的一人有望于在十一月的美国总统大选中胜出，就任年薪40万美元的总统一职。

5. The fundamentals of the Chinese economy remain sound, the capital adequacy ratio and provision coverage of commercial bans remain high, and we have many financial tools and instruments that can be used. We have the confidence, the ability, and the means to forestall systemic risks.

6. 猛龙总经理马塞-尤吉利做了两笔交易，使猛龙有机会体验他们第二次东部决赛旅程：分别从魔术和太阳换来伊巴卡和塔克。

应用

1. 值得注意的是，中国电信巨头华为递交了2390项专利申请，其专利申请数量在全球企业中排名第二，仅次于飞利浦(2568项)。

2. “I’m 17 – I want to be with my family and friends and school,” he said. “I’m going to be in London for the foreseeable future.”

3. 难怪现代和当代艺术品拍卖市场的主要玩家佳士得拍卖行把自己的早期绘画大师作品重新宣传为“古典艺术品”。它将于明年4月（原先的计划是明年1月）在洛克菲勒中心(Rockefeller Center)举办早期绘画大师作品及其他历史作品拍卖会，其中包括20世纪作品专题拍卖会。周五（12月18日），佳士得称，它的“古典艺术品”拍卖计划将于明年7月在伦敦公布。

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5. A pair of post-mumblecore comedies about self-realization and its limits. Mr. Bujalski’s is a flawless screwball triangle (with Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders and Kevin Corrigan as the sides) masquerading as an easygoing hangout with the oddballs of Austin, Tex. Ms. Piven surveys the darker territory of mental illness and daytime television. Thanks to Kristen Wiig’s astounding performance (as a lottery winner named Alice Klieg), “Welcome to Me” is a portrait of an American dreamer that is unsettling and inspiring in equal measure.

6. 据教育部表示，这些学生90%以上都就读于英语国家，例如美国、英国和澳大利亚等，70%的人至少是在攻读学士学位。

旧版特色

1. 如果2017年是假新闻之年，那么2018年将成为假数据之年。就像假新闻以多种不同形式出现一样——既有被美国总统称为假新闻的真新闻，也有在社交媒体上吸引众多观众的无稽之谈——假数据也是如此。

2. BETTER CALL SAUL (AMC, Feb. 8) Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould’s “Breaking Bad” spinoff is probably the most anticipated new series of the winter. Starring Bob Odenkirk as the crooked lawyer Saul Goodman, the show is set before the action of “Breaking Bad,” so any appearances by Bryan Cranston or Aaron Paul would be cameos at best. But the audience favorite Jonathan Banks reprises his role as the phlegmatic enforcer Mike Ehrmantraut.

3. Coca-Cola is in the middle of transforming its business as it sells off its bottling operations in the US and across the globe to focus on producing the concentrate that makes many of its drinks as well as research and development. Those sales will allow the company to focus more of its resources on innovation and acquisitions.