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That waiting and wondering game may finally be nearing an end, with news that Honor was transformed into a joint-stock limited company at the very end of last year, on Dec. 28 to be precise. With that critical step, the company formally changed its name to Honor Device Co. Ltd., according to an announcement on its website. Such shareholding reform is a necessary step before an IPO, and can often signal that one is coming soon.
近日此事总算有眉目，荣耀在官网公告，荣耀终端有限公司已于2024年12月28日依法整体变更为股份有限公司，公司名称变更为“荣耀终端股份有限公司”。股份制改革完成后，将适时启动上市程序。
It typically involves restructuring a company’s business, governance structure and finances and other elements, with the end result that the entity is organized as a joint stock company. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) mandates that any company issuing public shares to raise funds must be organized as a joint stock company first, and thus shareholding reform is a necessary step for companies to go public.
股份制改革是指企业透过对业务、治理结构、财务等方面的重组，把组织形式变更为“股份有限公司”的过程。根据证监会规定，采取公开发行股票方式进行融资的企业，必须具备“股份有限公司”的组织形式，因此股改也是上市前的必经过程。
——本文2024年1月8日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Its shareholding reform rolled up, Honor is ready for IPO
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Last month, my car went into the shop for its third software-related recall in six months. Once again the friendly guys at the dealership were unable to install the necessary update on their own. Instead our now-undriveable SUV sat on their lot, awaiting its turn with experts at BMW headquarters. The queue took four days.
上个月，我的车因6个月内的第三次软件相关召回而进了修理厂。车行的工作人员又一次无法自行安装必要的更新。相反，这辆我们现在无法驾驶的SUV停在他们的停车场，等待宝马总部专家的处理。排队就花了4天时间。
That delay was both painful and pointless. Automakers learned long ago to have the necessary parts and labour on hand before calling in a vehicle for a physical recall. Surely a company that claims to have 9mn fully upgradeable cars on the road already can set up an equivalent process for software.
这种拖延既痛苦又毫无意义。汽车制造商很早就学会了在召回车辆前准备好必要的零部件和人工。一家声称已经有900万辆可完全升级汽车在路上行驶的公司，肯定也能为软件建立起相应的流程。
Managing such updates is only going to grow more important with the spread of electric vehicles and increasingly sophisticated digital information and safety systems in petrol-driven cars. Software fixes made up 15 per cent of US recalls last year, up from 6 per cent five years ago, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.
随着电动汽车的普及，以及汽油汽车中的数字信息和安全系统变得日益复杂，管理此类更新只会变得越来越重要。根据美国国家公路交通安全管理局(NHTSA)的数据，去年软件修复占美国汽车召回的15%，高于五年前的6%。
——本文2024年1月8日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Car companies have an infuriating software problem
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Energy Monster is the latest victim of China’s “consumption downgrade,” which has seen consumers increasingly rein in their spending in a climate of growing economic uncertainty. The downgrade began last year at the top of the retailing food chain, as sellers of big-ticket items like cars and smartphones started to notice shrinking sales. From there it has gradually moved into cheaper, more everyday purchases like clothing and coffee.
——本文2024年1月8日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Energy Monster snuffed out by sputtering Chinese economy
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Almost a quarter of main freshwater species including fish, shrimps and crabs are threatened with extinction, worldwide research involving thousands of experts has found.
一项涉及数千名专家的全球研究发现，近四分之一的主要淡水物种，包括鱼类、虾类和蟹类，面临灭绝的威胁。
The study examined more than 23,000 animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) “red list” of threatened species, which was published in the Nature journal. It uses public data sources and about two decades of work by more than 1,000 scientists, including taxonomists and those working directly with species in their environments.
这项研究考察了世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)濒危物种“红色名录”上的23000多种动物，研究结果发表在《自然》杂志上。该研究使用了公共数据来源和1000多名科学家约20年的工作成果，其中包括分类学家和那些直接在自然环境中研究物种的科学家。
——本文2024年1月9日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Quarter of freshwater species face extinction risk, research finds
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