日期：2012-05-15 Fragrance firm Coty has withdrawn its $10.7bn bid for Avon Products, saying the US beauty firm had taken too long to respond to its offer. 香水公司科蒂撤销对雅芳的107亿美元投资，称这家美国公司对自己的投资回应时间太长。 Coty raised its bid, first mad... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-11 Sony shares have tumbled to a 31-year low, a day after the company reported a record annual loss of 456.7bn yen. 索尼报道2011年损失4567亿日元一天之后，股价跌至31年以来最低记录。 Sony shares fell as much as 6.7% to 1,132 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-11 JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, has revealed a surprise trading loss of $2bn on complex investments made by its traders. 美国最大的银行摩根大通银行的贸易商在复杂的投资中离奇地损失了20亿美元。 Overall, after accounting for other gains, losses at... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-10 Japanese electronics maker Sony has reported a record annual loss as natural disasters last year and a strong yen hurt its earnings. 受去年自然灾害和日元坚挺的影响，日本电子产品生产商索尼2011年严重亏损。 The firm reported a net loss of 456.7bn yen (... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-09 Danish brewer Carlsberg reports a fall in profits for the first quarter of the year after being hit by a weak performance at its Russian business. 丹麦啤酒制造商嘉士伯今年第一季度利润下降，因其在俄罗斯的业务进展不顺。 Russian distributors stocked up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-04 Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden's hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to control an unruly network, the US military says. 美国军方称，奥萨马本拉登藏身之处的最新调查结果显示，一位沮丧的基地组织领导拼命控制着一个难以驾驭... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-03 The Renault-Nissan alliance has agreed to raise its stake in Lada-owner Avtovaz to take majority control of Russia's largest carmaker. 雷诺-日产联盟同意提高对的Avtovaz控股以取得这家俄罗斯最大的汽车商的绝对控制权。 The French-Japanese alliance partne... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-27 Samsung Electronics has overtaken Nokia to become the world's largest maker of mobile phones, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. 策略分析公司的调查显示，三星电子取代诺基亚成为世界上最大的手机生产商。 Nokia took the top spot in 1998 from... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-25 Apple has reported its profits almost doubled in the first three months of the year. 今年第一季度苹果公司的利润几乎翻倍。 Apple said its net profit came in at $11.6bn (7.2bn), up from $6bn in the same period last year and much better than had been e... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-23 UK mobile phone giant Vodafone has agreed to buy telecoms group Cable Wireless Worldwide (CWW) in a deal valuing the firm at just over 1bn. 英国移动手机巨头沃达丰同意亿10亿多英镑的价格收购大东环球电信公司。 Vodafone was left as CWW's only suitor aft... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-20 The world's biggest food group Nestle has reported rising sales but says it is having a challenging year. 世界最大的食品集团雀巢公司第一季度销售额增长，但是称2012年是充满挑战的一年。 The Swiss company said its sales in the first three months of 2012... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-20 Microsoft's profits in the three months to the end of March dropped slightly but the results still beat analysts' expectations after a surprise rise in sales of its Windows operating system. 截止三月底微软盈利略微下跌，但由于Windows操作系统的热销，... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-19 US carmaker Ford has announced further investment in China, with plans to build a $760m factory in Hangzhou. 美国汽车厂商福特宣布追加在中国的投资，计划在杭州建立一座7.6亿美元的工厂。 Car production at the new plant is expected to start in 2015. Ford... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-19 Japan's exports rose in March, boosted by a surge in shipments of cars. 受汽车出货量猛增的影响，日本三月份出口额得以增长。 Car exports rose 33.6% from a year earlier, with overall exports up by 5.9%, latest trade data showed. Japanese carmakers have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-18 Japan's Toshiba Corporation has agreed to buy IBM's point-of-sale (POS) business in a deal worth $850m. 日本东芝公司同意以8.5亿美元价格购买IBM的POS业务。 POS systems are used by retailers to process transactions, manage inventories and analyse sales... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-17 India has cut its main interest rate for the first time in three years in a move that may signal a shift in focus to growth from inflation. 印度三年来首次降低存款利率，此举可能印度政府的主要目标从抑制通货膨胀向发展经济转变的信号。 The Reserve Bank o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-17 US nominee Jim Yong Kim has been chosen as the new president of the World Bank. 美国候选人金永吉被任命为世界银行新董事长。 Dr Kim will take up his post on 1 July The Korean-American health expert is president of Dartmouth College in the US state of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-13 Internet giant Google has reported a large jump in profits and sales. 2012第一季度，互联网巨头谷歌的利润和营业额大幅增长。 The company said net income in the first quarter was $2.89bn (1.8bn), up 60% from the same period last year. Google's quarterl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-11 Technology giant Apple has surpassed $600bn in value for the first time, affirming its position as the world's most valuable firm. 科技巨头苹果公司市值首次超过6000亿美元，巩固了其世界最具价值公司的地位。 Apple shares reached a high of $644 on Tuesda... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-04-11 David Cameron has announced a 326m deal to sell 11 Airbus A330 aircraft to airline Garuda Indonesia. 大卫卡梅伦宣布3.26亿英镑向印尼航空公司出售11架空客A330客机。 Arriving in Indonesia on his trade tour of East and South East Asia, the prime minister... 阅读全文>>