澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-13
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年
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And consumer group Choice has welcomed moves by the Reserve Bank. The stock company’s profiteering from credit card transactions. From January next year, merchants will only be able to charge reasonable fees on transactions which reflect the cost of actually providing the service. The choice says the move will bring an end to what describes as excessive credit card surcharges. It says some companies have been using surcharges to raise revenue.
Spain’s economy’s continuing to struggle despite this week’s 125-billion-dollar euro zone bailout. The ratings agency Fitch says it’s downgraded another 18 Spanish banks just a day after cutting its ratings on the two biggest banks. The Fitch says it remains 1 concerns the loan portfolio 2 of certain banks will further deteriorate 3 despite that bailout.
Let’s go to the markets. The Dow Jones closed up 163 points overnight. The Nasdaq put on 33; the S&P 500 15 points higher. And across in London, the FTSE was 41 points at the closing bill. Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is trading at $83.33 a barrel. Tapis Crude’s at $101.84 a barrel. And gold’s at $1610 an ounce. The Australian dollar is creeping back slowly towards parity 4 with the US dollar. It’s almost up to 80 euro cents. And it’s also buying 64 pence sterling 5.
1 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- 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。
2 portfolio
n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位
- He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
- He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
3 deteriorate
v.变坏；恶化；退化
- Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
- He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。