澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-20

 

The National Australian Bank has agreed to pay 6.6 million dollars’ compensation to its credit card customers involved in a bank / cards action. Around 23,000 credit card customers of the NAB will be compensated¹ for being charged inception² fees by the bank in the case around by law firm Morris Blackbird, but the agreement has been stayed pending³ the outcome of a separate card action against bank fees in the High Court against ANZ and other banks. 

The local market started off a strong but round steam by the end of the day. In the afternoon trade, the All Ordinaries pulled back from its morning gains. The ASX 200 rose 19 points to 5187. Looking at the Movers, Southern Cross Media fell. Nine Entertainment jumped after it bought nearly 10% stake in Southern Cross. Telstra dropped. It wouldn’t comment on speculation⁴ it wanted to offload its stake in Foxtail. Miners like BHP Billiton held it to market and Retailer⁵ Premier⁶ Investments says first half net profit rose by one quarter to nearly 72 million dollars. 

To Commodity, Spot gold picked up in Asian trade after an overnight fall. West Texas Crude Oil back to 40 US dollars a barrel, the highest level so far in 2016. To currencies, weaker greenback and stronger Chinese currencies saw the Australian dollar surge. It reached to fresh 8 months high today of 76.8 US cents.

1 compensated   

补偿，报酬( compensate的过去式和过去分词 )； 给（某人）赔偿（或赔款）

参考例句：

• The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
• I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。

2 inception   

n.开端，开始，取得学位

参考例句：

• The programme has been successful since its inception.这个方案自开始实施以来一直卓有成效。
• Julia's worked for that company from its inception.自从那家公司开办以来，朱莉娅一直在那儿工作。

3 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

4 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

5 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

6 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。