澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-08-13
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年
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And the new owner of David Johns insists it's not planning any major changes to this department store chain; David Johns chief executive Paul Zahra has quit just a month after shareholders 1 approved the takeover by South Africa's Woolworths.
Iain Nairn who is currently in charge of another Woolworths company Country Road has been appointed as Mr. Zahra's replacement 2.
Woolworths has praised Paul Zahra for his leadership of David Johns through the recent difficult times.
A surge in sales and profits has driven business conditions to a four-year high. The widely-watched NAB monthly business survey has found a surprise lift in business confidence buoyed 3 by home construction and retail 4.
NAB's chief economist 5 Alan Oster says while they are positive signs they are likely, unlikely rather, to get, have too much impact on unemployment which he thinks could reach 6.5% by the end of the year.
To the market:
Wall Street fell slightly in lackluster trade overnight. The Dow lost nine points. Nasdaq shed 12 and the S&P 500 dropped three points. In London the FTSE finished steady.
Checking commodity prices:
West Texas Crude is trading at 97 US dollars a barrel, and Tapis is at 105; gold's trading at 1,308 US dollars an ounce.
The Aussie Dollar is buying 92.6 US cents, 69 Euro cents and 55 Pence Sterling 6.
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
- The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
- the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
v.使浮起( buoy的过去式和过去分词 )；支持；为…设浮标；振奋…的精神
- Buoyed by their win yesterday the team feel confident of further success. 在昨天胜利的鼓舞下，该队有信心再次获胜。
- His encouragement buoyed her up during that difficult period. 他的鼓励使她在那段困难时期恢复了乐观的情绪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
- In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
- These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。