聽作者朗讀自己的著作 是國外盛行的銷售方式

讀者也能因此更貼近作者一點點 窺探作者的內心世界

台灣似乎不多見這樣的方式 (或我也並不關注這類消息 所以無知)

看到小燕有約訪問范可欽在高雄義大製作的舞台劇
看過這麼多的舞台劇
我知道 每個演員必須付出多麼多的時間 多麼大的心力 去完成整部戲

By JESSICA E. LESSIN

As Google Inc. GOOG -0.46% battles rivals ranging from Apple Inc. AAPL -6.43% to Internet companies that allege it fixes its search results, Eric Schmidt has become the search giant's peacemaker and explainer-in-chief.

Google's former CEO and current executive chairman met with lawmakers in Washington last week as the Federal Trade Commission appeared closer to a decision on whether to file an antitrust suit against the company. In September, Mr. Schmidt was in South Korea to launch a new Google tablet and meet with Android partner Samsung Electronics Co. 005930.SE +1.75% That trip included a pit stop to dance with PSY, the South Korean rapper whose "Gangnam Style" is the most viewed YouTube video of all time.

As growth slows in its advertising business, Google has pushed further into hardware for its popular Android mobile operating system. Android represented 75% of smartphone shipments in the third quarter, according to IDC. Google's acquisition of hardware giantMotorolaMSI +1.77%Mobility, which it bought for $12.5 billion in May, put the Mountain View, Calif., company at odds with its erstwhile partner Apple. The iPhone maker has pursued numerous lawsuits against hardware makers who use Android, claiming they rip off its own designs.

HONG KONG—When this Chinese territory welcomed Disneyland in 2005, the government and other investors didn't dream it would take seven years to turn a profit.

The park has finally reached that milestone, a person with knowledge of the park's financial situation said. The reason is largely soaring attendance by mainland Chinese visitors, which now eclipses local patronage.

But happily ever after may yet prove a fantasy.

Just because the Internet helps businesses reach tens of millions of customers instantly, that doesn't mean they should necessarily try to right away.

News that LivingSocial will lay off 400 employees—around 10% of its workforce—is the latest indicator that the once red-hot online-couponing business faces significant challenges. LivingSocial's layoffs are a result of spending too much too quickly, often investing in areas that made little sense.

What LivingSocial and its larger cousin GrouponGRPN -8.52% didn't do was get the formula right before they raced to expand. That includes having a business that will both grow and deliver sustainable profits.

BEIJING—Product-safety officials found excessive levels of a potentially toxic chemical in a sample of an alcoholic beverage called baijiu, putting increased scrutiny on China's favorite tipple and the fast-growing $47 billion industry that makes the white spirits.

The General Bureau of Quality Inspection in central Chinese Hunan province said on Wednesday that it found 1.04 milligram a kilogram of a chemical called a plasticizer in baijiu made by Jiugui Liquor Co. 000799.SZ +0.42% The finding is more than three times China's permitted limit, according to the China Alcohol Association. In a statement on a government website, the Hunan regulators urged Jiugui to further inspect its products.

Jiugui, which makes many varieties of baijiu that vary by alcohol content, plans to run additional product tests, according to an investor-relations representative for the company, adding that preliminary tests didn't show any toxic chemicals. Its shares, which trade in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, have been suspended since Monday following a local media report that a testing firm independently of the government had found the chemical in a Jiugui liquor sample.

China's economy appears to have recovered from its summer sickness. But its companies will struggle to turn that into what matters to investors: higher profits.

The latest signs from China's economy are positive. Industrial output, real-estate investment and retail sales all showed signs of improvement in October. That's good news for China's Communist Party, currently gathered in Beijing to manage a transition in the top leadership, and for a world hunting for renewed sources of economic growth.

Industrial output, real-estate investment and retail sales all showed signs of improvement in October. Above, a shopping mall in Shenyang, Liaoning.

FRANKFURT—Volkswagen AG, VOW3.XE -0.58% Europe's biggest auto maker by volume, on Tuesday said it sold more than two VW-branded cars in China in the first 10 months of the year for each one it sold in Western Europe outside of Germany.

The figures underscore how quickly the automotive industry is shifting its focus to expanding markets in Asia, as European demand continues to shrink.

Demand for new cars in Western Europe is set to fall for the fifth consecutive year in 2012, as rising unemployment amid slack economic growth has put the brakes on demand in many countries. In contrast, German auto makers, with their strength as producers of premium cars, are increasing their share of China's expanding market, even though overall growth has slowed this year.

LONDON—With the ink barely dry on China Petrochemical Corp.'s $1.5 billion investment deal with Canada's Talisman Energy Inc., TLM.T -1.40% the state-controlled Chinese company's chairman says it is already exploring ways to widen the partnership, underscoring the voracious country's eagerness to secure more energy resources around the world by whatever means necessary.

The company, known as Sinopec, in July agreed to acquire a 49% stake in U.K. North Sea oil and gas assets owned by Talisman as part of a wider effort to boost production and earnings from abroad.

Sinopec Chairman Fu Chengyu said Monday in a rare interview in London that he had dinner on Sunday with the Canadian company's chief executive, and that "We had a very good discussion about in the future expanding our cooperation."

Priceline.com's PCLN -0.32% deal for Kayak SoftwareKYAK +27.80% doesn't make much sense at first, until you consider the revolution that is hitting every Internet business: mobile.

一場世界第一對抗史上踢進World Cup中排名最低(第125名)的隊伍
究竟是不是場可看的球賽呢?
巴西會一直壓著北韓打? 還是北韓會跌破大家的眼鏡打敗世界第一呢?

因為多了很多空閒時間 開始想要嘗試一些新菜餚，
最近作了清蒸鱈魚、空心菜炒牛肉跟獅子頭，
其實還蠻容易的 味道都不會太差，

「1月29日，我們在國家圖書館站上車，我正在閱讀一本書。我們互相看了對方兩眼。雖然次數不多，卻很熱烈，很令人愉悅。這讓我很想再見到妳。」

「我嚼著麵包，而妳啃著桃子。我們相視而笑。當妳在里崔─賀蘭站下車時，妳回過頭來，最後一次給了我一笑。」

很幸運的 明天不需要上班 我打開電視不停地轉台
突然間 那似曾相識的話語 環繞在我耳邊

自從從SFO回來
一直念念不忘那塊人間美味的法國cheese
但豬頭如我

        謝國忠先生現年46歲，1960年生於上海，擁有麻省理工大學土木工程碩士和經濟博士，是摩根士丹利（簡稱大摩，是美國最大證券投資銀行）亞洲區董事總經理兼亞洲首席經濟師，常常在報上發表其經濟見解，言論精湛，眼光獨到，敢言人所不敢言，深受亞洲投資者愛戴。

上個月，他到新加坡參加國際貨幣基金（IMF）年會，向大摩內部某些同事發出一篇電函，傳達他對大會的感想，內容只供內部同事作腦部刺激之用，以增廣視野。不幸由於同事泄漏該電函，落入同行敵對者手中，使該函廣泛在亞洲金融界流傳。

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