澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-04-29

 In finance news today, Twitter has reported lower than expected revenue for the first three months of the year, saying that new product sold less well than forecast. The micro-blogging firm warned that it expects the negative impact on its revenue to continue for the rest of the financial year. The firm reported revenues of 436 million dollars up 74% year on year, but still below forecast. 

 

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the country is in the final critical stretch of talks with its international creditors¹, and that he believes the interim² deal will be in place by May 9th.         Greece has been seeking to renegotiate the terms of its 2040 billion euro bailout from the International Monetary³ Fund and the European Union. Prime Minister Tsipras said the objective was to find an agreement this week or next week at the latest and admitted mistakes had been made in talks with EU partners so far. Greece has estimates certain economic reforms before the EU hands over the 7.2 billion Euros which the government needs to pay its bills.

 

To the global financial markets, and US share markets were mixed overnight. The Dow Jones rose by 72 points. The S&P 500 grows by 0.3% while the Nasdaq lost 5 points. In London, the FTSE ended the day sharply lower, falling 1% following weak consumer confidence and disappointing corp. results. Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is trading at 57 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is trading at 66 US dollars a barrel. And gold is trading at 1212 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 80 US cents, 73 euro cents, and 52 pence sterling⁴.

1 creditors   

n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

3 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

4 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。