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英语六级听力部分算是同学们考试时的难点吧。听力这部分不能急于求成，需要时间来练习。对于这部分同学们平时在积累词汇的基础上多加练习就可以，听的多了就能掌握技巧，距离12月份的四六级考试还有一段时间，同学每天练习一点听力，考试时听力就能取得高分了。
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The huge Chinese e-commerce company Alibabais set to offer its stock to the public for the firsttime later this week, an action that may raisemore than $20 billion for the company. ThisInitial Public Offering may turn out to be thelargest ever.
Alibaba handles around 80 percent of on-line commerce by China's more than 600 millionInternet users.
Headed by Jack Ma, (NAT SOT) the firm profits from transaction fees, and payments fromadvertisers who want to reach its rapidly-growing throngs of customers.
Alibaba also has a payment system that can replace credit cards for some purchases.
The head of a company that sells business information to firms doing business around theworld, says Alibaba is set to grow more and even faster. Panjiva's Josh Green spoke via Skype.
"As you look at the next 10-20 years, there is no question that we are going to see the rise ofa really powerful, really vibrant middle class in China. And there is no company that is betterpositioned to benefit from that rise of the Chinese middle class than Alibaba," said Green.
Alibaba's Jack Ma could use the money raised by the IPO to reward people who backed the firmin its early days and to expand operations.
Alibaba can continue to expand in China, and has made overseas investments that could aidinternational expansion. But a new poll by Reuters and Ipsos shows most Americans havenever heard of Alibaba. Green says growing globally means Alibaba would have to build the kindof connections, brand recognition, and trust that have helped the firm in China.
Experts say Alibaba has a corporate structure that gives shareholders less influence over thefirm than is normal in a publicly held company.
A University of Michigan business professor says investors will need to exercise the samecaution with this company as they would with any investment in an emerging market like China.
Puneet Manchanda spoke via Skype.
"It’s a very convoluted financial transaction, you are buying shares in an entity that isregistered in the Cayman Islands, and exactly how this will filter through in terms oftransparency and in terms of investors having a say in what the company is doing is not veryclear," said Manchanda.
Alibaba's top executives have met with major investors around the world to make a case fortheir company.
That may be why concerns about the firm are not hurting demand for Alibaba shares beforethey formally go on sale. Reports in the financial press say so many investors want to own partof this company that managers of the IPO are raising the price. |
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发表于 2016-7-29 08:31:51