1. 优秀老板看起来都会拥有的一个关键是：他们都是解决问题的高手。他们不仅能够发现问题，并能头脑风暴出成功创新的方法来解决问题。

2. This year's best midseason trade action happened early:

3. 11月24日至25日，苏富比举办慕尼黑第四代交易商康拉德·伯恩海默(Konrad Bernheimer)的藏品拍卖会，他拥有历史悠久的伦敦科尔纳吉画廊(Colnaghi)。65岁的伯恩海默决定缩小自己的业务，关闭慕尼黑的画廊，卖掉巴伐利亚的豪华宅邸马尔库斯泰恩城堡(Marquartstein Castle)，将科尔纳吉画廊与伦敦的Coll & Cortes画廊合并。

4. It is the first time since 2001 that an athlete other than Mayweather Jnr or golfer Tiger Woods topped the earning league.

5. The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, has a planet orbiting it not much bigger than Earth. Its "year" is only 11 days. But it's in the habitable zone because Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star about 100 times fainter than the sun. And there's hot news that a similar star, 40 light years away, may have three planets in its habitable zone.

6. Fuel for this latest burst of Tesla mania came from none other than Chairman and CEO Elon Musk in comments he made during an analyst call on July 31. The big news wasn’t that Tesla reported higher production for the second quarter and beat earnings estimates again.

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2. In March, Ford completed its exit from the luxury car market by selling Volvo to China's Geely Automobile for $1.6 billion. Although the sale represents a sharp loss - the company paid $6 billion for the Swedish automaker eleven years ago - Ford posted an annual profit of $2.7 billion in 2009, its first profitable year since 2005. Assisted by the 'Cash for Clunkers' program (not to mention Toyota's accelerator woes), Ford recaptured its position as the nation's largest carmaker in February. Which is why Ford's CEO Alan Mulally can now look abroad, including big markets like India, where it recently introduced the compact Figo.

3. “能自己当老板，经营自己的公司，我感到很骄傲，”凯蒂在刚过去的夏天对福布斯100位名人封面故事说，“我是一名企业家，并且没有刻意回避这一身份。事实上，我很珍惜自己当老板的体验。”

4. 学者们指出，身份认同可以分为两大类，一种是“获得性”的身份认同，基于个人努力；另一种是“先赋性”的身份认同，基于自身天生的特征。

5. All kinds of companies say they plan to add senior systems analysts, whose base pay is projected to rise 5% over this year's levels, to as high as $85,500; financial analysts, whose salaries will start at $81,500 at large companies, 4.8% more than in 2010; and experienced administrative assistants, at starting salaries of up to $41,750, a 3.1% increase.

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1. A sub-index tracking activity at larger enterprises softened 0.7 points to 53.1, while mid-sized companies fell 1.3 points to 49.9, indicating slight contraction. That for smaller manufacturers fell 0.4 points to 49, indicating worsening contraction.

2. Best chances: Best film and best director. Surprisingly, Nolan has never received a directing nomination from the Academy.

3. n. 警戒，警惕