The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO

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McAnespy brothers fear their way of life will not return Jeff Swicord | Port Sulphur, Louisiana 04 May 2010 Louis McAnespy is a third-generation commercial fishermen from Louisiana who fears he will lose his livelihood due to the fishing ban imposed

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BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's banking watchdog said Wednesday Chinese domestic commercial banks' balance of non-performing loans (NPL) decreased(减少) 14 percent through 2010 to stand at 429.3 billion yuan (65.17 billion U.S. dollars) at

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BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua)-- When a customer fumbled with a touch-and-go machine at a bank in downtown Beijing, a smiling receptionist jokingly asked him if he was a spy. You must be an employee from another bank trying to study our intelligent banking

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In the event of an accident, taxi drivers face possible bankruptcy since many are not protected by commercial insurance, and would be required to pay not only compensation to the accident victim, but also a penalty from the traffic administration. [P

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This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage(航行) to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t

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