1. US listings were up from 2016, which marked the one of the weakest periods in years. According to Dealogic, 112 IPOs have priced year to date, versus just 63 at this time last year. Issuance volume has more than doubled to $31.6bn.

2. Don't Make Yourself Too Comfortable

3. Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence on Tuesday topped a Forbes magazine list of the world’s highest-paid actress for the second straight year, earning some $46 million, followed by Melissa McCarthy.

4. 另外上榜的有Pink,勒布朗詹姆斯，赛琳娜戈麦斯，伊恩萨默海尔德，Jay-Z和碧昂丝夫妇，本阿弗莱克等明星。

5. bend的过去式和过去分词 adj. 下定决心的，弯曲的

6. Over 10- and 20-year stretches, geographic and asset class diversification have proven beneficial for returns and risk management. Unfortunately, you are not guaranteed to see the benefits of such a strategy during any 12-month period. In an era of 140-character writing and two-minute video, should we be surprised that investors have trouble judging the success of their portfolios over long periods?

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1. And now for the companies that lost the most love ...

2. London Fashion Week will not feature any animal fur clothes or accessories on the runway this year, making it the first fur-free major fashion week.

3. n. 理解力，智力

4. 教育部还表示，公费留学学生的归国率达到了98%。公费留学生一般选择中国急需的专业，包括工程学、纯科学、农业和医学科学等。

5. 中美关系不仅会关系两国利益，而且涉及到地区和世界的和平安全稳定，我们要维护它前行。

6. 野村证券驻首尔策略师Michael Na表示：“这可能只是个开始。要惩罚韩国企业，他们有如此多的选项。”

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1. There’s nothing worse than a boss who says one thing and does another, and nothing better than one who keeps his word. Just as managers must trust their team, employees must trust their boss to have their best interests at heart。

2. The University of St Gallen remains top overall, the seventh consecutive year that the Swiss school’s MA in Strategy and International Management has headed the ranking. HEC Paris stays in second place, a position it has held since 2014, while Spain’s IE Business School jumps four places to third.

3. Put succinctly, there was no way to describe or explain the crosscurrents of 2014. And I’m not convinced that the benefit of hindsight will make what happened this year any clearer years from now.