Упражнение № 5. Повторение.

Agricultural output, to forecast growth rates for investment, economic turnaround is still far away, output in small and medium-sized enterprises, shadow economy, the government unveiled a package of steps, tax exemptions, tax debts, to broaden the Ministry powers, crack down on the use of cash in transactions between companies, to trade in securities, capital markets, to compete with foreign banks, most of the capital is held off-shore, to spark another boom in the securities market, to serve individual investors, overhaul of the tax code, the move has raised concern, to invest in securities, productive facilities, to rise to power, industrial/agricultural output, growth rate, economic turnaround (recovery), to tap reserves, hard-to-recover oil and gas reserves, to map out guidelines, a 10% stake (share) in, cash-strapped government, sluggish/slow, fast growth, overhaul, at reduced prices, to grant a licence, economic performance, shares plunged/climbed, to fix prices, sophisticated armaments, production capacity, brand (brand name, trademark), paint-maker (manufacturer), late (early) trading, to plunge (fall, slump), production costs, labour costs, bid (bidding); competition, competitive(ness); to run a company; exchange rate (floating/fluctuating rate); to rise (fall) against the USD; stock index, earnings, returns, yield; returns on (securities); high yielding securities (paper); profit margin; bonds, all-stock merger, merger and take-over; (share) holders; assets (ant. liabilities); supply and demand; to write off (debts), early (late) trading (on the stock exchange); futures (futures market, futures deals), hedging, net profit (net); premium, to pay a premium (interest) on.

to cut work force by (reduce, lay-off);

to take a charge = to pay compensation (severance pay);

to surpass = to exceed, at the top (low) end of expectations;

to go up = to grow, increase, to be up; jump, climb; leap, soar, reach a new high; to consolidate, rally, rebound (about shares, stock-market);

to go down = to fall, decrease, slide, to be down; drop; shrink, plummet, tumble; collapse; melt down, crash (markets).

Упражнение № 6. Тексты для перевода с листа (News Briefs).

The government plans to sell off a further 15% of the state-owned oil company. No details were disclosed, but some brokers predicted the cash-strapped government could make the shares available to international investors.

***

Germany and France reported sluggish growth for the first quarter, with GDP rising only 1.4% and 1% respectively. Economists said weak retail sales in both countries are a troubling sign.

***

GM is speeding up its long-running, multibillion-dollar overhaul and consolidation of the vast GM auto dealership network, according to GM marketing executives.

***

SGL Carbon Ltd. shares plunged more than 10% in late electronic trading in Frankfurt on market speculation that a unit of the company in the U.S. is facing a legal battle (due to appear in court) over alleged price fixing.

***

Boots Drugstores will pay shareholders a $653.3 million special dividend. The U.K. retailer reported that full-year pre-tax profit was at the top end of analysts’ expectations.

***

Donna Karan's board is looking to hire an outside executive to run the U.S. fashion company's day-to-day operations. The search comes at a time when the firm is struggling with high costs.

Не нашли, что искали? Воспользуйтесь поиском: