澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-07（在线收听） |
When the markets finished to the end of the trading week and in Europe, London's FTSE was down 94 points. That's around one and a half percent. It was even worst in Germany. The Dax's down 159 points. Ah....Similar story in the US, although not quite as bad. The Dow down 41 points, followed by the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. And in currencies. The Aussie dollar worth just under 104 US cents. It'll also buy you 67.7 British pence and a dollar.... almost a dollar 23 New Zealand dollars, cents, I should say. Now, the US government has released new figures showing the American economy added just 88,000 jobs last month, with the unemployment rate dipping slightly lower, to 7.6 percent. The weaker-than-expected data means that American employers hire at its slowest pace in nine months. Analysts say continued speculations about federal spending cuts may be hampering the economy's momentum.
Europe's business competition authority has cleared the way for a new book publishing venture between the companies behind Random House and Penguin. The plan to create a new publishing firm to be known as “Penguin Random House”was also approved by US regulator last month. The European Commission says it's allowing the venture to proceed because it believes the merged entity will continue to face several strong competitors. |
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