Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is entirely heated by geothermal energy derived from volcanic heat.
冰岛的首都雷克雅未克完全是用火山热产生的地热能来供热的。
Where everyone else was fixated on trying to placate international investors, Iceland imposed temporary controls on the movement of capital to give itself room to maneuver.
其它所有国家都将重心放在安抚国际投资人上,而冰岛却对资本的流动事实临时性限制,给自己留够回旋余地。
Meanwhile, Iceland helped avoid a financial panic in part by imposing temporary capital controls - that is, by limiting the ability of residents to pull funds out of the country.
同时,冰岛还在某种程度上通过暂时的资本控制来避免金融恐慌——即限制居民在国外的提取基金的能力。
But capital outflows are still restricted and there are growing fears among business people that the capital controls will drive the last vestiges of foreign investment out of Iceland.
但资本外流仍然被限制,商务人士对资本管制将把残存的最后一点外国投资都逼出冰岛的担忧不断在升温。
Mr Egilsson of the employers' confederation has written to the IMF's local boss in Iceland urging him to scrap what he describes as ruinous capital controls.
雇主联合会的艾基尔松已经致信冰岛当地的IMF主管,敦促其放弃“毁灭性的”资本管制。
The prizes for second and third place are trips to Iceland, scene of a more recent collapse, and Las Vegas, America’s foreclosure capital.
而二三等奖则是冰岛和拉斯维加斯之旅,前者是最近金融崩溃的代表,而后者是美国抵押品赎回权丧失之都。
Ice chunks carried downstream by floodwaters caused by volcanic activity lie on the Markarfljot river bank Friday April 16, some 120km east of the capital Rejkavik, Iceland. AP / Brynjar Gauti
星期五(4月16日),被火山活动引发的洪水卷到下游的大冰块躺在在冰岛首都雷克雅未克以东约120公里处的马卡弗约特(Markarfljot)河岸上。
A woman wears a mask and goggles to protect herself from ash caused by volcanic activity Friday April 16, some 120km east of the capital Rejkavik, Iceland.
星期五(4月16日),冰岛首都雷克雅未克以东约120公里处,一名女子戴着面罩和护目镜,防止受到火山活动制造的火山灰的伤害。
The prizes for second and third place are trips to Iceland, scene of a more recent collapse, and Las Vegas, America's foreclosure capital.
第二名和第三名的奖品是到近乎于崩溃的冰岛和丧失抵押品赎回的洛杉矶去旅行。
The prizes for second and third place are trips to Iceland, scene of a more recent collapse, and Las Vegas, America's foreclosure capital.
第二名和第三名的奖品是到近乎于崩溃的冰岛和丧失抵押品赎回的洛杉矶去旅行。
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