澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-18

 More than 150,000 bank customers announce suing Australian biggest banks over fees. The Commonwealth¹ bank, Westpac, National Australian Bank, Citibank and ANZ have been sued for nearly $2,000,000. Last week, the Federal Court ruled that late fares on credit card charges charged by the ANZ could be considered excessive. 

 

The takeover of the Australian beer Foster's is complete. United Kingdom listed SAB Miller² has announced it's now acquired all of final shares it needed for its 12.3-billion-dollar takeover of the Foster's Group. The company says shareholders³ will receive that payouts by Wednesday.

 

To the market numbers, at the close of the session in the US, the Dow Jones was lower. On the European markets, the FTSE 100 is down around 14 points. Back home, and the All Ordinaries ended the week 21 points higher. The ASX 200 was also up 19 points. In Asia, the Nikkei is up 24 points. The Hang Seng is 259 points higher. 

 

Checking commodities, and gold is up, oil is down. 

1 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

2 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

3 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任