昨年夏に最高経営責任者（CEO）のスティーブ・バルマー氏が退任を発表して以来、マイクロソフトは多忙を極めている. Nokiaを購入した上で, 新しいタブレットのラインナップを紹介します, そしてWindowsを微調整する 8, 彼らはバルマーの有力な後継者を徹底的に探した. 最近発表されたサティア・ナデラ氏のCEO就任にもかかわらず, 昨年はマイクロソフトにとって恐ろしい年だったかもしれない.
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As we usher in the New Year, it’s worth taking a moment to see how this year’s major business themes have played out. While smatterings of growth and dips in unemployment have brought relative stability to Europe and the US, analysts at Nomura foresee policy changes that may reshape global prosperity in the long-term.
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Explore the impact of Big data on business in this ビジネス英語ニュース レッスン.
By now, odds are you’ve heard the term “Big Data”. The thousands upon thousands of giga, tera, and peta bytes that are collected everywhere around us has caused concern for some, and jobs and wealth for others.
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The global financial spotlight is focused squarely on China with its economy and banking system beginning to show signs of weakness. Interest rates hit all-time highs, while the central bank stood by and watched, as Reuters reports.
The People’s Bank of China has engineered a tightening of cash in money markets after seeing interest rates spike to 25 percent or higher for some deals. This was done in order to try to rein in excessive credit growth, especially in the lightly-regulated “shadow banking” sector.
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学ぶ ビジネス英語語彙 and collocations for describing trends and technology in this ビジネス英語ニュース lesson on the recent decline in PC sales.
It wasn’t long ago that many of us could count on a new computer every three years or so. With both hardware and software upgrades coming in leaps and bounds, consumers and businesses sought to replace obsolete machines for shiny new boxes. しかし, as Forbes explains, things have changed dramatically: “PC shipments are down 14% year-over-year despite the launch of Windows 8. While Microsoft and its fans might not want to admit it yet, Windows 8 is a flop. The failure to generate new sales is bad; the acceleration of the declining trend in PC shipments is downright awful.”
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