澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-21

Let's first take a check of the markets. And stocks have been modestly higher this morning. There was a good rise when the markets open but now the All Ords and the ASX 200 are on the up around one-fifth of a per cent.

Tabcorp is leading the way after returning to trade after completing part of its $430 million capital raising. Ten is adding to yesterday's surge, ahead of its full year results today, while IIuka is up after a rise in third quarter production.

In the US, stocks rallied from yesterday's biggest losses in two months.

And to commodities, gold has been higher and oil is also up.

And the Australian dollar has risen. It's buying about 98.5 US cents.

And Wesfarmers' latest figures show its supermarket chain Coles beat its rival Woolworths in the first quarter. Coles' quarterly food and liquor sales jump 6.2 per cent from a year ago, far outstripping¹ Woolworths, 2 per cent increase. After buying Coles in 2007, Wesfarmers has been trying to turn the business around and it says the hard work is starting to pay dividends².

The big miners have called an urgent meeting today to consider abandoning support for the Government’s resources tax. The Australian newspaper reports BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata will attend the meeting over fears the Government is backing away from a key part of the deal. The dispute centres on whether miners will be exposed to increases in state mining royalties³.

1 outstripping   

v.做得比…更好，（在赛跑等中）超过( outstrip的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Demand is outstripping supply. 需求快超过供给了。
• Demand is outstripping current production. 现在需求逐渐超过了生产能力。 来自辞典例句

2 dividends   

红利( dividend的名词复数 )； 股息； 被除数； （足球彩票的）彩金

参考例句：

• Nothing pays richer dividends than magnanimity. 没有什么比宽宏大量更能得到厚报。
• Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends. 五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益。

3 royalties   

特许权使用费

参考例句：

• I lived on about £3,000 a year from the royalties on my book. 我靠着写书得来的每年约3，000英镑的版税生活。 来自辞典例句
• Payments shall generally be made in the form of royalties. 一般应采取提成方式支付。 来自经济法规部分