澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-10

 And in Europe, it ended the week higher with London's FTSE up 44 points there. The Dax also having a positive day. And across the Atlantic, as trade has ended on Wall Street, the Dow finishing up 68 points. So a positive day all around globally. 

 

And the currencies.

 

The Aussie dollar is worth around 102 US cents and it'll buy you 68.5 British pence and 124 New Zealand dollars. And against the pence, it's reached 28-year high against the pound.

 

And the number of people with jobs in United States increased by 236,000 last month. Official figures also show the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent. Private employers took on almost a quarter of a million new workers in February.

 

At home, the HLC has laid its decision on a prosposed merger¹ of Virgin² Australia with Tiger Airways³ Australia. The watchdog is now seeking more information from both Virgin and Tiger. It's repeatedly expressed concerns that Virgin's plan to buy 60 per cent of Tiger could reduce competition by cutting out a third major player in the domestic⁴ air travel market.

1 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

2 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

3 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

4 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。