The 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), published since 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said the United States dominates the list with eight in the top 10 and 54 in the top 100. Chinese universities in the top 200 included Peking; Tsinghua and Chinese University of Hong Kong.
由上海交通大学“世界一流大学研究中心”发布的2010年《世界大学学术排名》（ARWU）中，美国有八所大学跻身前十名，有54所大学进入前100强，在排行榜上占据绝对优势。这一年度排名于2003年首次发布。跻身200强的中国大学包括北京大学、清华大学和香港中文大学。
The chances of China overtaking the United States as the top foreign direct investment (FDI) destination remain slim in the short term, despite robust momentum in Chinese FDI and the narrowing gap with the US in FDI volume, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said. Since 1993, China has turned into the second-largest recipient of FDI after the US.
联合国贸易和发展会议称，虽然中国的外商直接投资出现强劲增长，并与美国的差距在减小，但是中国在短期内取代美国成为接受外商直接投资最多的国家的可能性依然很小。中国自1993年以来，就成为了仅次于美国，接受外商直接投资最多的国家。
Gates, founder of Microsoft, was the richest person in the United States for the 17th year in a row with an estimated worth of $54 billion, up $4 billion from last year.
微软公司创始人盖茨以540亿美元的资产总值连续第17年蝉联美国首富，他的财富比去年（编者注：2009年）增加了40亿美元。
The US budget deficit for fiscal 2010 narrowed to $1.294 trillion from last year"s record $1.416 trillion as tax collections started to recover and bailout spending fell sharply.
在2010财年，美国财政预算赤字从去年创纪录的1.416万亿美元下降到1.294万亿美元。其主要原因是经济复苏带来的税收增加和救市支出的减少。
British oil giant BP has told a court it was committed to waiving the legal?cap on its liability from the Gulf oil spill that could have limited the company"s liability cost to 75 million US dollars.
英国石油业巨头英国石油公司已向法院承诺放弃该公司对海湾漏油事件的法定赔偿金上限，此前该公司的赔偿金限额在7500万美元以内。