澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-26

 The share market has ended the week on a positive note and bounced back from yesterday's losses: 

 

The All Ords finished 29 points higher, that's about 0.5%, and the ASX 200 added the same amount. Qantas shares finished the session more than 3.5% higher after today's annual general meeting. And the major miners reversed their earlier losses to close higher, but Fortescue Metals still closed 1.7% lower. 

 

Checking elsewhere in the region: 

 

Japan's Nikkei is higher up 157 points, but the Hang Seng is losing ground. 

 

And taking a quick check of the Australian dollar, it's currently buying 87.7 US cents.

 

Qantas says the worst is behind it and it's back making money. Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce told shareholders¹ at the Annual General Meeting that the beleaguered² airline returned to profitability in the September quarter. He said the Qantas Group is on track to deliver an underlined profit for the first half of the financial year. It's a big turn-around from its record loss last financial year.

 

And Gloria Jean's Coffee Chain has been bought out by an Australian food group. The retail³ food group which already owns several well-known take-away brands, including Donut King, Michel's Patisserie and Brumby's Bakery, paid 164 million dollars for the business. The company's executive chairman will stay on for at least two years to manage the transition.

1 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

2 beleaguered   

adj.受到围困[围攻]的；包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词)；困扰；骚扰

参考例句：

• The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
• We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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。