1. Whether China opens the stock floodgates or not will be a major price-driver in cotton and sugar — and potentially also in corn, soyabean or vegetable oil — markets in 2017, the bank said in its report.

2. TextPride changed its name to Swyft Media and launched a platform that pushes emojis and stickers from new brands into messaging apps. Brands pay for the privilege, as they would with a regular ad campaign.

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4. 一切始于比蒂打开信封准备念出最佳影片得主的那刻，他看上去很困惑，停顿了很长时间，然后望向唐纳薇。“来吧！”比蒂把信封交给唐纳薇，后者宣布道：“《爱乐之城》！”

5. It was addressed to Clark C Moore, who has since changed his name to Muhammad Siddeeq, making it hard to trace him.

6. 在360000个网红账号中，女性达到74%。而87.8%的网红年龄都在17-33岁之间，89%的网红接受过高等教育。

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1. v. 引导，指挥，管理

2. Little wonder, then, that Christie’s, the dominant player in the auction market for modern and contemporary art, is re-marketing its old master paintings as “classic art.” It will be offering old masters and other historical pieces next year at its Rockefeller Center sales in April, rather than January. The week will feature a themed sale that includes 20th-century works. And its “classic art” format will debut in London in July, Christie’s said on Friday.

3. 源于：prim（adj 整洁的；最好的；早的）

4. In 2011, some seven years after the last season of Friends, over 36 million tuned into Comedy Central, a US satellite TV channel, to watch the show. The main demographic for this channel is 16 to 34 year olds, and viewing figures spiked during holidays, when extra episodes are also shown.

5. 10月份，日本生产增长速度突然提升，让决策者对日本经济的实力有了更多希望，或许也可以理解为释放了更多喜忧参半的信号。

6. These artificial ears will be a huge benefit to those who suffer injuries or who have microtia, a condition that keeps the ears from ever developing.

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1. Effective bosses must be effective decision makers. He or she cannot vacillate over every tiny decision. Being able to make decisions quickly and decisively — and then take responsibility for the outcome (see number 2) — is an important business skill, especially when managing others。

2. 詹姆斯?弗兰科的关于拍摄《房间》的新片会让你笑破肚皮，但是这部电影具有深刻内涵，而不是简单的嘲讽。

3. Indeed. That's an understated benefit of Philly tanking so hard in recent years: they are so bad it disincentives other clubs from tanking because they'll struggle to be as bad as the Sixers. The Mavericks are in the mix, at least.