澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-10

Representatives from a group of mining companies say they are feeling positive after holding talks with the Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Perth. Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh and Atlas¹ Iron head

David Flanagan were among about 20 miners who met the Prime Minister to discuss the new Mineral Resource Rent Tax(MRRT). Both say they were happy with how the meeting went, but there is still uncertainty² about the direction of the mining tax proposals.

Retail³ employer groups have lost a claim to reduce the three-hour minimum rule for casual employees. Fair Work Australia dismissed the claim to have the minimum casual shift cut back to two hours, saying there was no evidence a three-hour shift was causing problems. It says it had to consider fairness to all employees.

To the markets, and Wall Street has closed out its best week in a year with news on Google's renewed licence for China buoying⁴ US markets. The Dow Jones closed the week's trading up a little over 0.5 percent. And the S&P 500 boosted up and the NASDAQ finished up nearly a full percent.

To Europe, and the FTSE 100, DAX and Eruo Stoxx 50 all closed up around 0.5 percent. And checking currencies, the Australian dollar is holding steady against the greenback, the pound and the euro.

And that's ABC Business News.

1 atlas   

n.地图册，图表集

参考例句：

• He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
• The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图，其中包括3幅英国地图。

2 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

3 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

4 buoying   

v.使浮起( buoy的现在分词 )；支持；为…设浮标；振奋…的精神

参考例句：

• For years, the government has been buoying up cotton prices. 多年来政府一直保持棉花高价格。 来自互联网
• He is buoying the channel. 他在用浮标指示航道。 来自互联网