08-27-07

德国领导人敦促中国应对气候变化和知识产权 (German Leader Pushes China on Climate Change, Intellectual Property)

德国总理默克尔敦促中国总理温家宝做出更多的努力来和全球气候变化作斗争，并保护知识产权。默克尔女士星期一在北京会晤了温家宝。这是她第二次正式访问中国。

中国被认为是全球破坏知识产权最严重的国家之一。中国还在迅速地成为全球最大的温室气体制造国。温室气体是造成全球变暖的原因之一。

温家宝表示，中国希望遏制全球气候变化，但是中国仍然是个发展中国家，缺乏富裕国家那样的资源，因此很难减少污染。默克尔说，她会利用这次为期三天的中国之行来谈论敏感问题，包括中国的人权记录以及北京跟苏丹政府的关系。

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to do more to fight climate change, and protect intellectual property rights. Ms. Merkel met the Chinese premier today (Monday) in Beijing, during her second official visit to the country.

China is considered one of the world's worst violators of intellectual copyrights. It also is fast becoming the biggest producer of greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming.

Mr. Wen said China wants to fight climate change, but that it is difficult to reduce pollution because China is still a developing country that lacks the resources of rich countries. Ms. Merkel says she will use her three-day visit to China to tackle other sensitive issues, like the country's human rights record and Beijing's relationship with the Sudanese government.

台湾的宏碁计划收购捷威 (Taiwan's Acer to Acquire Gateway)

台湾最大的电脑销售公司宏碁(ACER)表示计划收购美国电脑制造商捷威(Gateway)。这将使得宏碁成为全球第三大个人电脑制造商。

宏碁公司星期一表示，它将以每股1美元90分的价格，收购总部位于加州的捷威公司。这笔交易的总价值达7亿1千9百万美元。如果得到台湾与美国监管部门的批准，这笔交易预计最迟在今年12月完成。宏碁与捷威合在一起的年销售额有可能超过150亿美元，年出货量可达2000多万台电脑。

如果以卖出的台数来计算，宏碁是目前全球第四大电脑销售商。

Taiwan's leading computer vendor, Acer, says it plans to acquire the U.S. computer maker Gateway, making it the world's number three maker of personal computers.

Acer said today (Monday) that it is offering one-dollar-90-cents a share to buy the California-based Gateway in a deal worth 719 million dollars. The deal is expected to be completed by December, pending regulatory approvals in Taiwan and the United States. Combined sales of Acer and Gateway could top 15 billion dollars with more than 20 million computer shipments a year.

Acer currently is the world's fourth-largest computer vendor by unit sales.