UK online travel agency OnTheBeach claims a world first today with the launch of a Facebook application to allow a customer to organise bookings for friends.

09月12月8日，英国在线旅行社OnTheBeach（以下简称OTB）声称他们在全球首次通过Facebook推出了一项新功能，使得用户可以为朋友预订团队旅行。

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Research by the UK online discount site revealed that 80 per cent of women claim their other half spends too much time playing computer games or browsing the web.

据英国某网站调查称，有80%的女性表示她们的另一半花太多时间玩游戏、或者上网。

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But the UK is the world leader in online retail.

而英国则是在线零售业领军人物。

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Wonga, the UK online lender, makes credit judgments within seconds based on thousands of pieces of information, including an applicant's Facebook profile.

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In my native UK online sales are now about 11% of total sales: and 10% of the shops in the country are currently empty.

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