1. The group’s leader, Wang Rongzhen, told Reuters on Wednesday that the automaker has scaled back the range of models it supplies to dealers in Hyundai imports in China, only consistently supplying one model, while steadily increasing car manufacturing in China.

2. This 1977 file photo shows Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as he introduces the new Apple II in Cupertino, Calif.

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4. Temperatures in 2015 also shattered the previous record set in 2014 by 0.13C, according to Nasa.

5. 调查显示，75%的顾客都知道可穿戴技术（无论是作为前卫的时尚潮流，还是新时代的技术工具），但是只有9%的顾客有兴趣使用它们。根据调查，仅有2%的人表示自己拥有可穿戴设备，其中大部分都是健身追踪器或智能手表。

6. Among 36,000 who have reached celebrity status on the Internet, 74 percent are women and 87.8 percent are between 17 to 33 years old, while 89 percent have a college education. Followers are also getting younger and better educated, with 77.8 percent in the 17-to-33 age group and 75 percent with a higher education.

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2. 可以这样说美国银行首席执行官布莱恩?莫尼汉这个人：他很会说话。在给股东的信中，莫尼汉特地感谢美国纳税人，正是由于他们，美国银行才获得了450亿美元的不良资产援助资金。他还说自己如今正在金融改革方面同“政策领导人”紧密合作。不过他是否能做好，比如转变美国银行的境遇，就是另外一回事了。虽然美国银行的确在去年12月偿还了援助资金，但是它仍然有数十亿美元的高风险住房与商用房房贷，这也是为什么它要在年度报告中花8000字来讨论风险了。

3. John Hummel, chief investment officer for AIS Group, a fund manager with $400 million under management, said all the new sources of global oil are expensive to extract, and he sees U.S. shale output falling by 2015.

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5. 3. Elasticity of Demand.The cure for low prices is low prices. That cliché can be applied to both the supply and demand side of the equation. Will oil selling at fire sale prices spur renewed demand? In some countries where oil is more regulated, low prices may not trickle down to the retail level. Countries like Indonesia are scrapping subsidies, which will be a boon to state coffers but will diminish the benefits to consumers. However, in the U.S., gasoline prices are now below $2.40 per gallon, more than 35 percent down from mid-2014. That has led to an uptick in gasoline consumption. In the waning days of 2014, the U.S. consumed gasoline at the highest daily rate since 2007. Low prices could spark higher demand, which in turn could send oil prices back up.

6. Meanwhile, producer prices were deflating at a rate of -5.9 per cent, a six-year low, for a third straight month.

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1. Will the rest of the world cooperate?

2. Marcos Carvalho, an 18-year-old Brazilian fan who was hanging out near the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia before Brazil played Cameroon earlier this week, said that he "didn't even try getting tickets, they were too expensive.""There was no way we could afford them," he said. "We'll just watch the match at home, it's all we can do. We are seeing everyone going to the stadium, everyone happy, but we won't be going."

3. They're the top three most unaffordable housing markets in the world, according to the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017, published recently.