Facebook is developing features that will make the sharing of users' favorite music,television shows and other media as much a part of its site as playing games or posting vacation photos. The company is in discus...Facebook is developing features that will make the sharing of users' favorite music,television shows and other media as much a part of its site as playing games or posting vacation photos. The company is in discussions with several online music services,including the European company Spotify,to develop a tab or widget that would display a user's mostplayed songs and provide an easy way for friends to hear them. Facebook wants to do the same for other kinds of media,like video and news, said these people,who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the talks are confidential. Facebook,which has nearly 700 million users,would not comment on its plans. But analysts and media executives said the company's move into media was part of展开更多
When the Chinese came looking for more soybeans here last year,they inquired about buying land,lots of Officials in this farming area would not sell the hundreds of thousands of acres needed.Undeterred, the Chinese pu...When the Chinese came looking for more soybeans here last year,they inquired about buying land,lots of Officials in this farming area would not sell the hundreds of thousands of acres needed.Undeterred, the Chinese pursued a different strategy: providing credit to farmers and potentially tripling the soybeans grown here to feed chickens and hogs back in China. ''They need the soy more than anyone,' said Edimilson Santana,a farmer in the small town of Uruacu.'This could be a new beginning for farmers here.' The US$7 billion agreement signed last month,to produce six million tons of soybeans a year,is one of several struck in recent weeks as China hurries to shore up its food security and offset its growing reliance on crops from the United States by pursuing vast tracts of Latin America's agricultural heartland.展开更多
PARIS—Leaders of the Group of 8 industrialized countries are set to issue a provocative call for stronger Internet regulation,a cause championed by the host of the meeting,President Nicolas Sarkozy of France,but fier...PARIS—Leaders of the Group of 8 industrialized countries are set to issue a provocative call for stronger Internet regulation,a cause championed by the host of the meeting,President Nicolas Sarkozy of France,but fiercely opposed by some Internet companies and free-speech groups. The G-8 leaders will urge the adoption of measures to protect children from online predators,to strengthen privacy rights and to crack down on digital copyright piracy,according to two people who have seen drafts of a communique the G-8 will issue at the end of a meeting this week in Deauville, France.At the same time,the document is expected to include a pledge to maintain openness and to support entrepreneurial, rather than government-led,development of the Internet. This balancing act was reflected Tuesday in a speech by Mr.Sarkozy,who convened a special gathering of the global digerati in Paris on the eve of the G-8 meeting.Calling the rise of the Internet a 'revolution,' Mr.Sarkozy compared its impact to that of two previous transforming episodes in global history:the age of exploration and the industrial revolution.展开更多
Russia on November 10 cleared the last major obstacle in its 18-year effort to join the World Trade Organization in what the head of the institution called a milestone for global trade. "It’s a victory for Russi...Russia on November 10 cleared the last major obstacle in its 18-year effort to join the World Trade Organization in what the head of the institution called a milestone for global trade. "It’s a victory for Russia, a victory for W.T.O. members, and a victory展开更多
New "Harry Potter"Book Sells 5 Millionon First DayThe new novel in the Harry Potter series set a staggering sales record as fans boughtabout five million copies by the end of its firstday on sale Saturday.
文摘Facebook is developing features that will make the sharing of users' favorite music,television shows and other media as much a part of its site as playing games or posting vacation photos. The company is in discussions with several online music services,including the European company Spotify,to develop a tab or widget that would display a user's mostplayed songs and provide an easy way for friends to hear them. Facebook wants to do the same for other kinds of media,like video and news, said these people,who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the talks are confidential. Facebook,which has nearly 700 million users,would not comment on its plans. But analysts and media executives said the company's move into media was part of
文摘When the Chinese came looking for more soybeans here last year,they inquired about buying land,lots of Officials in this farming area would not sell the hundreds of thousands of acres needed.Undeterred, the Chinese pursued a different strategy: providing credit to farmers and potentially tripling the soybeans grown here to feed chickens and hogs back in China. ''They need the soy more than anyone,' said Edimilson Santana,a farmer in the small town of Uruacu.'This could be a new beginning for farmers here.' The US$7 billion agreement signed last month,to produce six million tons of soybeans a year,is one of several struck in recent weeks as China hurries to shore up its food security and offset its growing reliance on crops from the United States by pursuing vast tracts of Latin America's agricultural heartland.
文摘PARIS—Leaders of the Group of 8 industrialized countries are set to issue a provocative call for stronger Internet regulation,a cause championed by the host of the meeting,President Nicolas Sarkozy of France,but fiercely opposed by some Internet companies and free-speech groups. The G-8 leaders will urge the adoption of measures to protect children from online predators,to strengthen privacy rights and to crack down on digital copyright piracy,according to two people who have seen drafts of a communique the G-8 will issue at the end of a meeting this week in Deauville, France.At the same time,the document is expected to include a pledge to maintain openness and to support entrepreneurial, rather than government-led,development of the Internet. This balancing act was reflected Tuesday in a speech by Mr.Sarkozy,who convened a special gathering of the global digerati in Paris on the eve of the G-8 meeting.Calling the rise of the Internet a 'revolution,' Mr.Sarkozy compared its impact to that of two previous transforming episodes in global history:the age of exploration and the industrial revolution.
文摘Russia on November 10 cleared the last major obstacle in its 18-year effort to join the World Trade Organization in what the head of the institution called a milestone for global trade. "It’s a victory for Russia, a victory for W.T.O. members, and a victory
文摘New "Harry Potter"Book Sells 5 Millionon First DayThe new novel in the Harry Potter series set a staggering sales record as fans boughtabout five million copies by the end of its firstday on sale Saturday.
