澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-01-08

The regrowing signs. The U.S economy is picking up. Employment grew slightly in the last month with the jobless rate falling to near 3 year low of 8.5%. But the analysts¹ say the economy needs to sustain the current pace of job creation to prove the best recovery is finally under way.

 

S has become the lightest insurance for the effects of serious natural disasters in New Zealand and Australia last year. The general insurance says it expects nature has its cost for the past 6 months to be between 360 million dollars and 420 million. That’s largely due to the freak storm and earthquake in New Zealand.

 

And food manufacturer H stopped making tomato sauce in Australia. Last May, H announced it was moving the tomato sauce new production and big-group price into New Zealand. The move has cost 344 Australian jobs.

 

And check the figures. The U.S stocks are in edge lower as the investors² were pulled in tough war between strong domestic data and continued concern about Europe debt crisis. The Dow Jones was lower. And in Asia, the Nikker was down 98 points, the Hand Seng was down 220 points. Back home, the All Ords * recession yesterday 32 points lower. And on the currencies market, Australian dollar is buying around 102 US cents.

1 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会