Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Where do I usually go shopping?


It is known to us all the Guan Qian Street is the most famous commerce street bes on foot in SuZhou, and it is about 15 minutes’ walk from our school. So I usually go shopping there in ONLY or VERO MODA. Though clothes in these shops are a little more expensive than others , but they are always very stylish and service there makes me comfortable and enjoyable . When you enter their shops, the shop assistants give you a warm welcome. Then they will ask “ what do you want” and make some introduction according to your wants. If you want to try on some clothes, they are always helpful and warmhearted even if you do not buy anything at last, which I think is quite different from the Gold Eagle shopping mall. Last year, my friends and I went to that mall, the shop assistants there treated us as air, as if we couldn’t afford anything. This makes us very unhappy. From then on, we haven’t gone to that mall any more!

Friday, 27 February 2009

CEO of Interal

Craig Barrett
Intel
3-year return: 318%
AGE: 59
CEO since: 1998
At least life at the top hasn't been dull for Barrett, the 25-year Intel veteran who stepped into the CEO slot at the beginning of 1998. Since then, the company has been blindsided by the sudden rise of the market for sub-$1,000 PCs, had its dirty laundry aired at the Microsoft antitrust trial, and settled a patent-infringement complaint by the U.S. Justice Department even as the feds continue to probe other Intel business practices. Worst of all, two Intel employees were murdered under horrifying circumstances in Uganda in early March. Throughout this trying time, Barrett has maintained his focus on Intel's manufacturing operations. For good reason: As microchips find their way into ever more non-PC devices, they will have to become even smaller and more versatile. "You need a guy like Barrett to manage that transition," says Cowen & Co. analyst Drew Peck.

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Paying for School in the USA


International students must show they can pay for at least their first year of study.
Governments are not the only ones having to re-examine their budgets. The financial crisis has many families concerned about how they will pay for college. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we discuss costs for higher education for international students in the United States.
Prices differ from school to school, but public colleges and universities usually cost less than private ones.
Norlin Library at the University of Colorado at Boulder
A big state university in the western United States will serve as our example. The University of Colorado at Boulder has one thousand two hundred international students from more than eighty countries.
Tina Tan is the director of international student and scholar services. She says international students are paying a total of forty thousand two hundred dollars for this academic year. The university estimates that the cost for next year will increase by four hundred dollars.
The university does not offer financial aid to international students. This is generally true of American schools, especially at the undergraduate level. Federal and state financial aid can only go to American citizens.
The University of Colorado does, however, offer some help for international students. For example, it guarantees them the same tuition rate for all four years of undergraduate study. And it offers four scholarships for international students with special skills or talents.
Tina Tan says the federal government requires international students to show on their applications how they will pay for their first year of school. This evidence is a signed statement from whoever is paying for it, and confirmation from a bank or lawyer.
Some colleges might require international students to show that they can pay for all four years. But the University of Colorado requires only evidence of financial support for the first year.
Educational advisers say foreign students should keep enough money in a local bank to pay for at least two months of spending. Students have to consider not just tuition but also housing, meals, books and other costs including social activities.