1. 电池电力可能最终被证明是一种过渡性技术。最近电池成本的降低速度已经放慢了，特斯拉曾经承诺要在2017年生产出价格在35,000美元左右的Model 3。要实现这个目标，特斯拉的电池成本需要下降30%。相比之下，丰田（Toyota）最近的举动非常出人意料。它与特斯拉签订的电池供应协议即将期满，但丰田并未续约，而是准备加倍投入研发氢燃料电池。燃料电池的成本下降速度要快于普通电池。而且燃料电池的拥趸们认为，车主肯定会更喜欢充电速度相对更快的燃料电池，而不是要为充电等上好几个小时。

2. Yes, pensions for retirees at state and municipal levels are preventing recovery. Corporate pensions are also a big problem, widening America's inequality gap: Drug company McKesson's CEO has been boss for 14 years, but will retire with a $159 million pension, while the income of America's average wage earner has stagnated for 30 years.

3. 一些银行仍然给予股东高额回报。中国招商银行十分“大方”，其分红占净利润的30.16%。

4. 他认为，地方政府通过卖地、强拆来追求GDP代价太大，早晚要还。“我愿意用一个政协委员的身份非常严肃地提出问题，我们是不是可以不要那么重视GDP？我们是不是可以选择减缓经济发展的速度？”

5. The federal control board has requested a revised fiscal plan that has to be approved by end of January, saying that the one Garcia submitted last year was in part unrealistic and relied too heavily on federal funds. Garcia had refused to submit a revised plan to include austerity measures. Rossello has said he would request an extension of that deadline as well as an extension of a moratorium that expires in February and currently protects Puerto Rico from lawsuits filed by angered creditors.

6. Statistics from another market research firm, Counterpoint, indicate that China shipped 465 million smartphones over the last year, accounting for nearly one-third of the global volume.

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3. 4. OPEC’s Next Move.OPEC deserves a lot of credit (or blame) for the remarkable downturn in oil prices last year.While many pundits have declared OPEC irrelevant after their decision to leave output unchanged, the mere fact that oil prices crashed after the cartel’s November meeting demonstrates just how influential they are over price swings. For now OPEC – or, more accurately, Saudi Arabia – has stood firm in its insistence not to cut production quotas. Whether that remains true through 2015 is up in the air.

4. 在排名靠前的学校中，英国华威商学院(Warwick Business School)排名提升最大，从第16位提升至第9名。整体而言，上海交通大学(Shanghai JiaoTong University)的上海高级金融学院(Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance)排名提升最大，从第28位提升至第14位。

5. 一个坐牢的诈骗高手爱上狱友并多次越狱，这看起来只能是小说情节，但却多少是斯蒂文·杰伊·拉塞尔的真人真事。与金·凯瑞饰演的电影主角一样，拉塞尔最初因诈骗入狱。他的男朋友吉米得了艾滋病，为了陪他，拉塞尔逃脱了这次刑罚。两年后拉塞尔被抓回监狱，不久吉米就去世了。

6. 中国财富榜每年的变化反映了中国资本的流动，显示了这个国家超级富豪的金融实力。

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1. 楼下还有一间八边形的小房间，内有筒形穹顶天花板，几面玻璃墙和一条嵌壁式长凳座椅。这个房间配备了环绕立体声。三间卧室都在楼上，全都带有湖景。

2. Such highlighted talents also include cult director David Lynch of the United States and the versatile Taiwan filmmaker Sylvia Chang, whose representative works are on the recommended lineup.

3. Friends count too