澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-17

 The world's richest woman,Gina Rinehart，appears to again increased her stake in Fairfax media,publisher of Sydney Morning Herald¹ and the Age.Ms.Rinehart has reportedly raised her share of more than 18%,after buying 42 million dots with the shares.Fairfax shares rose 1% yesterday, to nearly 61 cents.Ms.Rinehart recently confirmed she owned around 13% of the company,making her the largest single largest investor².

 

Unions are warning that tens of thousands of construction workers could lose their jobs,if re-construction collapses³.The building firm went to voluntary administration yesterday,calling insolvency⁴ firm,Ferrier Hodgson.Reed Construction was a major constructor for a contract * for the federal government's education building program as well as New South Wales government projects.The construction union is warning there will be a domino effect felt by other building companies and suppliers.

 

And when the markets closed in Europe a few hours ago.London's FTSE was up 12 points as you can see.Germany,the market and they are doing well and across the board for Europe.All markets up.

 

 

And in the US,across Atlanta,trading come to..has closed.In fact,the DOW finished up a hundred and fifteen points.The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ also doing well.

 

 

And in currencies,the Auzzi dollar is worth one hundred and one US cents this morning and buying 64 British pence.

 

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1 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

2 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

3 collapses   

折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 )； 倒塌； 崩溃； （尤指工作劳累后）坐下

参考例句：

• This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
• Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台，抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。

4 insolvency   

n.无力偿付，破产

参考例句：

• The company is on the verge of insolvency.该公司快要破产了。
• Normal insolvency procedures should not be applied to banks.通常的破产程序不应当适用于银行。