2009年1月29日星期四

Spain enters recession

Spain's economy, the fifth-biggest in Europe, had been one of Europe's big successes in recent years after having posted a remarkable GDP growth rate of 3.7 percent in 2007.
But it has been fiercely hit as the global financial crisis affected its construction sector, the mainstay of Spain's economic growth for over a decade.
The government on Friday forecast a fall of 1.6 percent for its GDP this year, slashing its previous forecast of a 1.0 percent growth.

2009年1月11日星期日

Jin Mao Tower

Currently the People's Republic of China's tallest building and the world's fifth tallest.
Home to the world's highest hotel rooms, located on floors 53-87. Currently operated by the Grand Hyatt Shanghai.http://shanghai.grand.hyatt.com/ An atrium runs the full height of the hotel floors.
Levels 89-93, which occupy the building's spire, are mechanical floors. (Source: "Tall Buildings" exhibition @ Museum of Modern Art, Queens)
Offices occupy floors 3-50. Observation deck is on the 88th floor (Admission: RMB 50 adults, 25 children ~ US $6 and $3, respectively).