澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-10

 Now time for the business news, and when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 15%, with the DAX seeing similar losses. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly, and the Dow Jones is up by over 90 points, while the S&P 500 is slightly higher. And Australian dollar is worth 99.1 US this morning, it'll also buy you 64 British pence and 1.28 New Zealand.

 

The European commission¹ says while Spain has not requested a bailout, it has the capacity to help if such request was made, there are reports the request could come as early as this weekend, saying EU finance² ministers are set to hold a conference call to discuss an aid package. Spain would be the biggest country to seek helps since the Euro Zone's debt crisis³ began.

 

St George is the latest bank to move on interest rate, cutting its standard variable rate by 18 basis points, it was the fifth local bank to move yesterday following the reserve bank's decision this week to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points. ANZ is the only bank to pass on the full rate to its customers.

1 commission   

n.委托，授权，委员会，拥金，回扣，委任状

参考例句：

• The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
• The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成，其中包括两名妇女。

2 finance   

n.财务管理，财政，金融，财源，资金

参考例句：

• She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
• A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。

3 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。