澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-08

 Now time for business news, and markets in Europe all closed down, the FEST 100 was down slightly, the Dax and Euro also closed lower. In  the US,  markets have closed lower this morning as well, with the Dow Jones down around 1% after their job figures come through. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are also lower.

 

Economists¹ say the United States Federal Reserve may have to stimulate² the economy if the unemployment remains³ stubbornly high, key US jobs figure show that around 8,000 jobs were created in June to keep the umemployment rate steady at 8.2%, not such good news for Barack Obama, that's half the amount required to shift the employment rate, job creations is set to dominate the political debate ahead of November's presidential election.

 

Legal Firm Slater and Gordon is putting together a class action on behalf of Australian investors⁴ hit by Barclay's rate fixing scandal, lawyers for the firm say losses in the Australia could be in the billions, the class action is on behalf of businesses and investors who've used financial products affected⁵ by the the Libor interbank lending right.

 

And Brumby's Bakery Chain has taken out Newspaper Ads to apologise for encouraging franchisees⁶ to raise prices and blame it on the carbon tax, this's been an expensive error by Brumby's, the company's managing director Deane Priest has resigned over that internal newsletter.

1 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 franchisees   

n.特许经营人( franchisee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Works on these franchisees' facilities were moving ahead rapidly. 这些专营设施的工程正迅速推展。 来自互联网
• Another good source of information about a franchise is other franchisees. 另一个了解特许经营的可靠信息源是其他经营者。 来自互联网