1. Once the U.S. economic recovery started in 2009, other parts of the world started to struggle in their own ways.

2. 16. Most Ignored Truism “There’s a myth in the business that young males drive the box office,” Tom Rothman, the chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s motion picture group, told The Hollywood Reporter in November. In this same interview, Alan F. Horn, the chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, tried to make it simple: “There are variables that do affect what one pays any performer. Angelina Jolie, for example, got a lot more money for ‘Maleficent’ than Daisy Ridley did for ‘Star Wars,’ but they’re both women.” (Gee, thanks, Alan!)

3. Common 和 Day 将会演绎电影《马歇尔》中的歌曲《Stand Up For Something》还有Settle会演唱电影《马戏之王》中的歌曲《Thisis me》。

4. The S&P 500’s total return of 14% this year was 40% higher than its 25-year average annual gain. Wall Street’s chief strategists spent much of the last 12 months revising their targets higher from behind. The index printed over 50 all-time record closes, with nearly all investment management professionals racing to at least pull even. A few characteristics made the U.S. stock market particularly difficult to keep up with this year.

5. 萎靡不振的不光是那些挑选个股的基金。截止12月1日，对冲基金整体回报严重落后于市场。彭博收集的数据显示，对冲基金平均同比上涨了2％，其回报率也就勉强赶上无风险10年期美国国债的票面利率。2014年将有1000多只基金倒闭，是自2009年以来破产清算最多的一年。

6. 13 Reasons Why

应用

1. 5.重播和比赛精彩集锦同主要现场比赛一样精彩，所以我也会看。

2. Drama Series: “Game of Thrones” (HBO)

3. 6. Will we witness another global epidemic in 2010?

4. 1985年2月是全球表面温度低于给定月份的20世纪平均值的最后一个月份，这意味着所有年龄在30岁以下的人都没有经历过低于平均温度的月份。最后一个低于20世纪平均温度的年度是1976年。

5. 17. Most Complex Hurdle As of Dec. 7, seven out of 20 domestic top-grossing movies released this year had female-driven stories, according to the website Box Office Mojo. By contrast, five out of 20 female-driven stories topped the international market, which accounts for some 70 percent of the industry’s revenue. This may look bad, but the numbers appear marginally better than they have in recent years.

6. Staff numbers at insurance agencies also rose by 936,200 to a total of more than 5.6m people.

旧版特色

1. 它有力地提醒我们，性革命、女性进入职场、消费主义的盛行以及太空时代都有阴暗的一面，有些人在其中受到了伤害。这是该剧具有强大影响力的一个原因。

2. Turkey’s ministers have been rallying Turkish expat communities across Europe to win support for Erdogan-backed constitutional changes, which will be voted on in a referendum next month.

3. John Authers