澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-04-11
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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Let's go to finance news.An oil and gas company Woodside will take another year to decide on its controversial energy project off the northern WA coast.The WA and federal government have agreed to the extension which will also delay the controversial James Prince point gas hub.Meanwhile the price of natural gas continues to drop in the US.
Australian tour industry is continuing to take back through from the higher Australian dollar.Spending by foreign tourists in February fell to a 4 year low according to the bureau of statistics.As well a growing number of Australians take advantage of high dollar to holiday overseas.
Sony has forecasted annual loss of 6.5 billion dollars ,double as previous assessment 1 and a record loss for the firm.The company blamed the record loss on tax charges related to its US business.It's company's 4th year of losses. On Thursday,Sony will outline a turnaround plan which is expected to include 10000 job cuts.
To the markets now,the DOW closed 2013 points lower.The NASDAQ shed 65 points.The S&P500 lost about 1.5%.And in London,the FTSE fell 128 points.
Checking commodity prices,West Taxis crude is trading at $101 a barrel.Tapis crude is trading at $128 a barrel.And gold is at $659 a ounce.Australian dollar is buying 102 US cents,78 Euro cents and 64 Pence sterling 2.
1 assessment
n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？