14-12-03 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has opened its first branch in London. 中国工商银行在伦敦开设首家支行。 ICBC becomes the first Chinese bank to open a branch in London in 85 years. The new branch should allow the Chinese bank to have more...

14-11-24 China's central bank has decided to lower the benchmark interest rate for one-year deposits by 25 basis points, and slash the one-year lending rate by 40 basis points. 中国人民银行决定将一年定期存款的基准利率降低25个基准点，一年期贷款利率削减40个基...

14-11-11 Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he is hopeful that speculation against the ruble will stop soon. 俄罗斯总统普京今天宣称，希望针对卢布的投机行为能尽快停止。 Speaking at APEC, Putin also ruled out capital controls for Russia. We are not pl...

14-10-27 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is set to become a reality, now that 21 participating countries have signed off on its creation. 亚洲基础设施投资银行的建立将成为现实，现在已经有21个国家签署了组建草案。 The bank is going to begin with a seed...

14-10-27 bank of mum and dad - a person's parents regarded as a source of financial assistance or support 父母银行：被孩子视作财政支持的父母 bro hug - another term for 'man hug' and is used to describe two males embracing 哥们儿拥抱：也可以说是man hug，就是...

14-10-15 China Minsheng Bank and U.S. electric car maker Tesla Motors will cooperate in constructing at least 400 charging facilities in 20 Chinese cities, they agreed on Tuesday. 本周二，中国民生银行与美国电动汽车生产商特斯拉汽车达成协议，将合力在中国20个城...

14-08-05 The World Bank has announced that it is allocating $200m in emergency assistance for West African countries battling to contain the Ebola outbreak. 世界银行宣布拨款2亿美元紧急援助金用于西非国家对抗埃博拉病毒。 The money will be distributed to the go...

14-07-29 UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, has reported a 15% jump in second-quarter net profit on the same period last year. 瑞士最大的银行瑞士联合银行第二季度净利润较去年同期上涨15%。 The Zurich-based bank's net profit rose to 792m Swiss francs, up from 690...

14-07-26 Brazil's central bank has announced plans to reduce the amount of money commercial banks keep in reserve, in a bid to boost economic growth. 巴西央行宣布计划减少各商业银行储备金的数额，以推动经济增长。 The bank says the measure will free up some $13...

14-07-22 The Next Eleven (known also by the numeronym N-11) are the eleven countries Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea, and Vietnam - identified by Goldman Sachs investment bank and economist...