1. Copestake said fears over economic austerity and the stability of the euro had pushed the index of euro zone cities down in the past year while the inclusion of Caracas was due to artificially high exchange rate controls.

2. 美国的排放量在经过了最近几年的持续下降后，提高了2.9%。

3. 我们准备今年在香港和内地试行“债券通”，也就是说允许境外资金在境外购买内地的债券，这是第一次。香港是近水楼台先得月。

4. 至于多元化，我乐观地认为，在某个时候，开明的年轻高管崛起将引发董事会突然转变态度。这种情况不会出现在2018年，尽管从科技到媒体行业的性骚扰丑闻所暴露的失衡和权力滥用问题，可能会加速这种变革。

5. If you do much hiring of freelancers, you’ve probably considered outsourcing the outsourcing. There are several great services that can help, each with varying business models. For example, Bolton Remotewill build your team with vetted, offshore contractors. Another provider,Hubstaff, starts with your project in mind and then matches you with project specialists. Using an outsourcing placement service will save time instead of trying to do the recruiting yourself. These firms typically offer free recruiting and placement services but take a cut of the hourly rate.

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1. Although various public incentives exist, many come in the form of tax breaks, low-interest loans or rebates. So a building might have to levy an assessment or raise maintenance to cover initial costs. “You run into the problem of nobody giving you the money upfront,” Mr. Luxemburg said.

2. 据国家新闻出版广电总局介绍，自2003年以来，中国这一世界第二大电影市场的票房总额平均逐年增长35%。仅仅在2015年，这一数字就猛增了48.7%。

3. In a bid to curb capital outflows and ease downward pressure on the renminbi, Chinese regulators have imposed a series of new restrictions on outbound dealmaking in recent months. The new curbs came after outbound investment in non-financial assets surged by 44 per cent in 2016 to a record $170bn.

4. Over 11 million new urban jobs, and a registered urban unemployment rate within 4.5 percent.

5. vt. 安慰，使

6. We think of the passage of NBA time in seasons, for obvious reasons. There's connection, a continuum. It's how we remember things that happen, in the course of a season of play. But there's some benefit to looking back at a calendar year, January 1 to December 31, and what we've learned in that process. After all, many say the "unofficial start" to the NBA season is Christmas, with the new year starting soon after. So here are the lessons we learned about the NBA in the year 2017.

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1. 根据世界黄金协会的数据，去年中国的黄金产量估计为420.5吨。该组织表示，同期中国对黄金的需求上升了4%，至953.3吨。

2. 时间：2010-03-09 编辑：vicki

3. Beijing Capital International Airport performed slightly better, with its punctuality rate reaching 60.7%.