澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-10
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
Representatives from a group of mining companies say they are feeling positive after holding talks with the Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Perth. Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh and Atlas 1 Iron head
David Flanagan were among about 20 miners who met the Prime Minister to discuss the new Mineral Resource Rent Tax(MRRT). Both say they were happy with how the meeting went, but there is still uncertainty 2 about the direction of the mining tax proposals.
Retail 3 employer groups have lost a claim to reduce the three-hour minimum rule for casual employees. Fair Work Australia dismissed the claim to have the minimum casual shift cut back to two hours, saying there was no evidence a three-hour shift was causing problems. It says it had to consider fairness to all employees.
To the markets, and Wall Street has closed out its best week in a year with news on Google's renewed licence for China buoying 4 US markets. The Dow Jones closed the week's trading up a little over 0.5 percent. And the S&P 500 boosted up and the NASDAQ finished up nearly a full percent.
To Europe, and the FTSE 100, DAX and Eruo Stoxx 50 all closed up around 0.5 percent. And checking currencies, the Australian dollar is holding steady against the greenback, the pound and the euro.
And that's ABC Business News.
- He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
- The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图，其中包括3幅英国地图。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。