| Playboy takes buyout offer from founder |
《花花公子》被創(chuàng)辦人買斷 |
| Playboy Enterprises Inc. has agreed to an offer from founder Hugh Hefner to take the firm private after he raised his bid by 12 percent, BBC reported. Hefner-controlled vehicle Icon Acquisition Holding offered US$6.15 a share for publicly-listed Playboy, which values the firm at US$210 million. Hefner set up Playboy magazine in 1953. Circulation and advertising revenues have been falling. The firm's management has been trying to transform it from a publishing and TV business into a "brand management" company by licensing out the Playboy name and rabbit ears for a range of products. |
據(jù)英國廣播公司報道，創(chuàng)辦人休?海夫納把競標價提高12%后，花花公子集團有限公司同意接受他的出價，讓他將公司買斷。海夫納控制的圖標收購控股公司以每股6.15美元的出價買進上市的花花公子公司，其對后者的估價為2.1億美元。海夫納于1953年創(chuàng)辦《花花公子》雜志，但雜志的銷量和廣告收入不斷下滑。公司的管理層試著將公司從出版和電視企業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)型成“商標管理”公司。為此，它一直向各種商品授權(quán)花花公子的商標名和兔子耳朵標志的使用權(quán)。 |
| Michael Douglas' tumor gone |
道格拉斯有望戰(zhàn)勝喉癌 |
| Actor Michael Douglas told US talk show "Today" Monday that his tumor is gone and chances are good he has beaten throat cancer, Reuters reported. "But I have to check out on a monthly basis now to maintain. I guess there's not a total euphoria. I'll probably take a couple of months of getting checked out," he said. Douglas, 66, announced in August that doctors had diagnosed him with stage IV throat cancer but he was optimistic he would recover. On "Today," Douglas said he had lost 32 pounds during treatment but had recently added back 12 pounds. He said he had lost a lot of muscle mass and that radiation treatment caused his salivary ducts to stop functioning for a time. |
據(jù)路透社報道，演員邁克爾?道格拉斯周一向美國《今日》訪談節(jié)目表示，他的腫瘤已經(jīng)消失，很可能已戰(zhàn)勝喉癌。他說：“但為了維持，我每月都得接受復(fù)查。現(xiàn)在說完全康復(fù)還為時過早，我可能還得接受幾個月的復(fù)查。”現(xiàn)年66歲的道格拉斯去年8月份宣布，醫(yī)生確診他患有第四期喉癌，但他對康復(fù)很樂觀。道格拉斯在《今日》節(jié)目上說，他在治療期間體重減輕了32磅，但最近又增加了12磅。他表示，他減掉了許多肌肉，化療曾使他的唾管暫時失靈。 |
| Mental health of women in crisis |
英國2/3女性有心理問題 |
| A survey of 2,000 girls and women in England and Wales shows that around two-thirds have had mild to moderate mental health problems, equivalent to 15.2 million girls and women, the Guardian reported. Almost a third of women over 18 have taken antidepressants. At least 13 percent women experiencing mental health problems had quit a job, while 44 percent had taken some time off work; more than a quarter had been off work for at least a week. The findings into the extent of mental health problems experienced by girls as young as 12 were reached after the group expanded the medical definition of "common mental health disorders" as defined by the Department of Health. The definition of mental health problems used in the new study includes low self-esteem, poor self-confidence, and stress. |
據(jù)英國《衛(wèi)報》報道，對英國2000個女孩和婦女展開的一項調(diào)查表明，大約有2/3的女性，或者相當于全國1520萬名女性，有輕度或者中度的心理健康問題。18歲以上的女性中有1/3患有抑郁癥。至少有13%的女性曾經(jīng)因為患有心理健康問題而辭職，44%的女性曾因心理健康問題歇過假，超過1/4的女性因為心理問題而休工至少一周。研究小組擴充了衛(wèi)生署對“一般心理健康紊亂”的定義，從而得出有關(guān)12歲年齡段女孩心理健康問題的研究結(jié)果。這個研究中使用的心理健康問題的定義包括缺乏自尊心、缺乏自信心和有精神壓力。
（China.org.cn）
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