The University of Toronto (U of T, or simply Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated north of the city’s Financial District on the grounds that surround Queen’s Park. It was founded by Royal Charter in 1827 as King’s College, the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises twelve colleges that differ in character and history, each retaining substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs.

Academically, the University of Toronto is noted for influential movements and curricula in literary criticism and communication theory, known collectively as the Toronto School. The university was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research, and was the site of the first practical electron microscope, the development of multi-touch technology, the identification of Cygnus X-1 as a black hole, and the theory of NP completeness. By a significant margin, it receives the most annual research funding of any Canadian university. Read the rest of this entry »

2009年，全球主要国家以非常规的定量宽松政策应对非常态的全球金融危机。在全球经济逐步走出低谷的复苏之路上，“繁荣宽松”的信贷盛况不可持续。在中国执行适度宽松货币政策导致货币供应量急剧上升，新增信贷爆发式增长，超额流动性刺激资产价格快速上涨，下半年后信贷规模逐步回归常态。预计2010年防控通胀预期的压力上升，货币供应量增速将低于今年水平，预计全年M2增长20%左右，全年新增信贷规模约7-8万亿元，月均在6000亿元上下，并保持前高后低态势。

货币政策上，“繁荣宽松”退出和“适度宽松”动态微调在某一特定阶段将影响市场流动性，海外热钱的涌入和第三次居民储蓄搬家将成为流动性接力棒。对于国内的股票市场而言，特别是在2010年上半年，在不考虑其它因素情况下，结构性充裕的流动性必然推动结构化泡沫行情。2010年，预计中国经济将形成增速较快、通胀较低的平稳运行局面，内需强劲与外需回暖支持经济持续复苏，宏观经济将启动新一轮增长周期。推动中国宏观经济的三驾马车有望形成“两快一慢”的格局：预计全年GDP同比增长9.2%左右，固定资产投资增速约为25%左右，社会消费品零售总额指标名义增速将达16.5%左右，出口将增长8%左右，进口增长15%左右，CPI全年涨幅约3.0%左右，PPI全年涨幅约4.0%左右，工业企业利润增速将达15%到25%。A股公司业绩增长将沿着健康通道上行，预计业绩增长区间是15%-30%。业绩增长将在季度财报、半年度财报和年度财报等特定阶段引发A股市场成长重估。
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Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday, celebrated on December 25, that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The date of commemoration is not known to be Jesus’ actual birthday, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been conceived, a historical Roman festival, or the winter solstice. Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season, and in Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.

Although a Christian holiday, Christmas is widely celebrated by many non-Christians, and some of its popular celebratory customs have pre-Christian or secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, and garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly. In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in some areas, including North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children. Read the rest of this entry »

2009CCTV China economic annual figure officially announced the list of candidates for this award, the most representative character eighteen finalists, they are ranked according to name (strokes sequence) :

YinWeiDong (Beijing KeXing holding company chairman, President and CEO), WangXin (yanzhou mining group manager), Chinese academy of sciences, Shanghai rehel JMJ (micro system and information technology), deputy director of the institute LiuZhongTian (President), wang zhong LiuJiRen (neusoft group Co., LTD. The chairman and chief executive), LiShuFu (geely holding Co., LTD), chairman of ShenWenRong shagang group (different), chairman of the board chairman PengNian (shenzhen), xu leave hotel (new enterprise group President and secretary of the party committee), Mr Yu (new Oriental education technology group Co., LTD.), chairman of CaoGuoWei (sina CEO and President), CaoDeWang (fuyao glass industry group Co., ltd., executive director and chief executive President), DongWenBiao (China minsheng bank President), LiangZhaoXian (galanz President), JinHaiTao (shenzhen), chairman of LeiChuang innovation shots (hepatitis b virus carriers activists), TanYue (jiangsu phoenix publication executive chairman), WeiXin (founder group chairman).

The list of candidates for 18 by economists, business elite, business and financial media authoritative experts composed of editor who judges elected by group.

Known as China’s economic 2009CCTV vane “, “China economic annual figure on November 5, selection, and will officially launched on December 23, final results announced.

This is the biggest highlights added CCTV China economic annual figure “10 years of business leaders” special award, 10 economic characters and 10 year of business leaders “double” caused social concern.

The University of Seoul (Korean: 서울시립대학교, 서울市立大學校; the direct Korean translation is Seoul City University) is a public university operated by the municipal government of Seoul, South Korea. The campus stands in Jeonnong-dong, Dongdaemun-gu. It traces its origins to 1918, became a four-year college in 1956, and a university in 1981.

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The University of Seoul has been providing higher education opportunities since its foundation in 1918. As a public institution, the University of Seoul is committed to addressing the social, regional, technological, and creative issues of the urbanized world. It has thus dedicated itself to cultivating leaders who will shape the urban future of Korea and the world. The University of Seoul insists on quality and breadth, committed to both theory and practice, and endorses an openness towards students, unique among Korea’s elite institutions. With more than 10,000 students enrolled, the University of Seoul consists of seven undergraduate colleges and almost 90 fields of study in the Graduate School. It offers courses of study in eight schools and twenty seven departments. Read the rest of this entry »

KAIST or the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, is located in Daedeok Science Town, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by Korean government in 1971 as the nation’s first research oriented science and engineering institution. KAIST is the nation’s the most prestigious science and technology institution and is considered to be the MIT of South Korea. The QS-The Times World University Rankings in the year of 2009 placed KAIST 69th in overall ranking and 21st in technology & IT subject field in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Seoul National University (SNU), colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae (서울대), is a national research university located in Seoul, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index and 47th in the world and 7th in Asia by THES-QS World University Rankings. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University was the first national university in South Korea, and served as a model for the many national and public universities in the country. Seoul National University has been recognized for its leading role in Korean academia, and entry into the university is viewed as a ticket to success. Recently, the Ecole des Mines de Paris – MINES Paris Tech reported that SNU is ranked 5th in the world in terms of the number of alumni currently holding CEO positions in Fortune 500 enterprises.

Throughout its history, Seoul National University has been regarded as the most eminent of all post-secondary educational institutions in South Korea. It is regarded as the most renowned university by the general public and recruits top-notch high school students. To join the international trend of learning, the university’s faculty includes more than 350 foreigners, which is about 10 per cent of the total. Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen and Fields Medal recipient Hironaka Heisuke are on the faculty roster.

Today Seoul National University comprises sixteen colleges and six professional schools, with a student body of about thirty-thousand. It has two campuses in Seoul: the main campus in Gwanak, and the medical campus (named Yeongeon Campus after its neighbourhood) in Jongno. SNU is notable for its “fleet-style”[citation needed] system, offering diplomas for virtually every academic field, from aerospace engineering to Western history. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between 1410 and 1413. The University is situated in the town of St Andrews, in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.

St Andrews is a member of the 1994 Group, a network of smaller research-intensive British universities. Read the rest of this entry »

The London School of Economics and Political Science, commonly referred to as the London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist constituent college of the University of London in London, England.

Founded in 1895, the School joined the federal University in 1900 as the Faculty of Economics, beginning to issue its degrees from 1902. Today it remains a specialist single-faculty constituent college of the University, the only such institution in Britain. It describes itself as “the world’s leading social science institution for teaching and research”.

The School is a member of the Russell Group, the European University Association, Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Community of European Management Schools and International Companies, The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs and Universities UK as well as the Golden Triangle of British Universities. Read the rest of this entry »

Imperial College London (officially The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine as titled in its Royal Charter) is a British university in London specialising in science, engineering, medicine and business.

Imperial was placed 5th overall in the world in the 2009 THE – QS World University Rankings of universities worldwide, and 27th in the world by the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Imperial College London is a member of the Russell Group of Universities, a part of the Golden Triangle, the IDEA League, the European University Association, AMBA, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the League of European Research Universities.

Imperial’s main campus is located in South Kensington in Central London, on the boundary between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster (the Knightsbridge part), with its front entrance on Exhibition Road. Including Imperial’s other campuses, there is a total of 525,233 square metres (5,653,560 sq ft) of property which is the largest operational estate of any higher education institution in the UK.

Formerly a constituent college of the University of London, Imperial became independent of the university on 8 July 2007, the 100th anniversary of its founding. Read the rest of this entry »