1. 为大批来自欧洲经济区以外的学生安排签证难度较大，这在一定程度上解释了为何英国商学院在国际课程经验方面表现奇差，有14所英国商学院位于这项指标排名的后半部分。

2. Countrywide, month-on-month prices rose in 59 out of 70 cities last month – down from 62 – were unchanged in four and fell in eleven. Cities where prices fell from the previous month included Shenzhen (down 0.3 per cent), Hangzhou (down 0.4 per cent) and Xiamen (down 0.2 per cent).

3. This research involves a large longitudinal study of emotion in interactions within married couples.

4. Online programmes appeal more to senior professional students than those who take full-time programmes. Participants on online MBAs are aged 34 on average compared to 28 for full-time participants. Online students are also more likely to seek a promotion following the course with their existing employer. While the majority of full-time MBA graduates (90 per cent) worked for different companies three years after graduation, only about 55 per cent of online graduates did so.

5. Gitanjali said she wanted to further refine the device so it could eventually go on the market.

6. Until a couple of games ago, Stephen Curry really hadn't thought much about making more NBA history.

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1. Alfonso Cuaron won best director for the space odyssey 'Gravity,' a world-wide hit and critical favorite. The film will likely join 'American Hustle' and '12 Years a Slave' as an Oscar front-runner on Thursday, when Academy Awards nominations are announced. (The academy honors technical categories that the Globes don't.)

2. Hugo Boss, Chevrolet and Kleenex dropped off the list, the report said.

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4. 委内瑞拉政府一年前关闭了所有边境口岸，以打击长达1378英里（2219公里）边境沿线的走私活动。政府抱怨说，正是因为投机者在委内瑞拉购买了补贴的食品和汽油，并将他们带到哥伦比亚高价出售造成的短缺。

5. The biggest story of the festival had nothing to do with films. It was about shoes. On Tuesday trade magazine Screen reported that a group of women had been denied access to a screening of Todd Haynes' Carol because their footwear – flat shoes with rhinestones – was unsuitable for the red carpet. Further tales came tumbling forth, social media erupted in indignation and soon enough we were soon dealing with a fully fledgedscandale. The Cannes press office rushed out a garbled statement: “Rules have not changed throughout the years (Tuxedo, formal dress for Gala screenings) and there is no specific mention about the height of the women's heels as well as for men's. Thus, in order to make sure that this rule is respected, the festival's hosts and hostesses were reminded of it.” Well, that cleared that up. Perhaps wisely, press screenings are exempt from any dress code: scruffy journalists are free to ascend the Palais' steps in flip flops and trainers.

6. Amazon joins the innovators list for the first time for innovations in data centers, devices, electronic methods and systems, according to its latest report.

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1. 在人类的历史上，我们正处于最和平的年代。早在二十世纪四十年代，每10万个人中就有300人直接死于战争。我们可以很欣慰地告诉你今天这个数字少于1。

2. 虽然汉德曾在英国石油公司（British Petroleum）担任过多年全球品牌、营销与创新高级副总裁，但她现在却在从事更加环保的事业。Project Frog的使命是希望通过易于建造的空间（通常几天或者几个月便可完成），彻底改造建筑行业。相比教育与医疗等行业的传统建筑，Project Frog的建筑可以节省约50%的能源。汉德的计划似乎已经奏效：公司今年的收入预计将增加一倍以上。

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