The local share market reversed early gains to close flat today after being dragged lower by financial stocks. The All Ordinaries Index closed down just two points and the ASX 200 lost four. The big four banks all finished lower. Westpac lost almost

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says the Eurozone crisis is the single biggest threat to the global economy.The OECD is forecasting economic contraction in the zone this year and only a weak growth next year.Chief economist

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IMF敦促美国推迟加息至2016 The International Monetary Fund is urging the U.S. central bank to delay its planned interest rate hike until 2016. Although the IMF says the underpinnings for continued growth are still in place, IMF Managing Direc

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本单元是关于朋友的朋友的对话 Helen:Well, you see, I have this friend. And, she has a problem. She saw a friend of hers doing something wrong and now she doesn't know what to do. If she reports him, he'll know it was her and probably won't ever spe

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今天我们要学的词是skirt. Skirt当动词,意思是躲避,逃避。美国媒体报道, Iraq has been using financial institutions and oil smuggling operations to help Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed by the international community. 伊拉

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USJobGrowthGrindstoaHaltinAugust U.S. job growth ground to a halt in August as government layoffs erased meager gains in the private sector. The Labor Department says American businesses added only 17,000 jobs last month, far short of the 100,000 job

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The Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development has offered its most positive forecast in months on the world economy, saying 2010 is likely to usher in modest growth. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development di

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By Michael Bowman Washington 24 September 2009 The U.S. economy continues to generate mixed data that analysts say point to a slow recovery from a deep and prolonged recession. U.S. dollars U.S. job losses continue, but at a slower pace. The Labor D

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'Electronic' Skin Monitors Heart, Brain Function U.S. researchers have developed a stretchy, ultra-thin, self-adhesive material that contains miniature electronics to monitor heart activity, brain waves and muscle movement. According to scientists, t

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US Central Bank Lowers Growth Forecast But Says Economy Rebounding 美联储降低增长预期但称经济在复苏 WASHINGTON The U.S. central bank says economic growth is rebounding after stalling in the first few months of the year. But as expecte

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Good morning, everyone. Australias growth figures are due out today. And most analysts expect they will show the economic growth has slowed. Now experts are tipping that gross domestic product grew by 0.4% in the December quarter that will see annual

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Wednesday's talks started following a welcome ceremony outside The Great Hall of the People at the center of Beijing. After the meeting, Prime Minister Trudeau says the dialogue was very productive. We discussed how we can work together to create job

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World markets are lower after new figures show Japan's economy is shrinking at a rate not seen for decades and more bad financial news is released in Britain. 新的经济数据显示,日本经济出现数十年未曾有过的收缩,英国也发布

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By Kate Pound Dawson Bangkok 06 October 2009 Australian $100 note, 06 Oct 2009 The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised its official interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point. The move makes Australia the first developed economy to raise rate

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Investors in the Arabian Gulf and elsewhere across the Arab world continued to panic, causing stock exchanges from Dubai to Riyadh to Cairo to plunge amid falling oil prices and fears of a real estate bust in the Gulf, as Edward Yeranian reports fro

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By Barry Wood Washington 13 November 2007 With world credit markets still not functioning smoothly, experts say inadequate US regulation is largely to blame for the home loan related credit squeeze that surfaced last August. VOA's Barry Wood has more

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Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. recession should begin to end later this year, and the economy is in a slow recovery, although extraordinary challenges remain and there are serious risks from deficit spending. Federal Reserv

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- White House spokesman Jay Carney on Thursday said the Plan B pursued by the Republicans is a multi-day exercise of futility which holds back the fiscal talks. It's an exercise in Republican vote counting that will not

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By Barry Wood Washington 02 April 2008 The head of the U.S. central bank, Ben Bernanke, told a congressional committee the U.S. economy could face a mild recession, but it should recover later this year. VOA's Barry Wood reports. Federal Reserve Chai

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