CNN Marketplace 2006-05-23

Michelle Wright: A national survey reveals gas prices are down 1.5 cents this week to a nationwide average of 2.93 for a gallon of self-serve regular. Federal investigators¹ say they've found 15 examples of gasoline price gouging² following last year's hurricane season, reports CNN's Dick Uliano.

Dick Uliano: The findings may seem contrary, but the FTC reports that after last year's hurricanes, 15 gasoline refiners' price gouged³ by Congress's definition. But the FTC's Phil Broyles says it was really shortages and market forces that drove up prices.

Phil Broyles: The high prices that, that people experienced were a result of supply shocks that, that the hurricanes induced onto the system.

Dick Uliano: The confusion comes and the Congress sees price gouging as prices out of line with national and international trends, but the FTC says that prices jumped because of local and regional factors. Dick Uliano, CNN, Washington.

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Michelle Wright: The NYSE is looking to become trans-Atlantic by placing a bid to merge⁴ with Euronext. However CNN's Todd Benjamin says they are not the only buyer.

Todd Benjamin: Euronext is very much in play, the outcome is, is clearly uncertain at this point. I think the New York Stock Exchange realized it had to move very quickly and to try and get its bid in place.

Michelle Wright: Euronexts runs the Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon Exchanges.

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Michelle Wright: Wal-Mart says it's going to sell its 16 stores in South Korea in an 882 million-dollar deal. Wal-Mart says the decision is part of their global strategy.

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Michelle Wright: Check your smoke detector⁵, it may have to go back.

John Lawrence: Tyco Fire & Security is recalling roughly 130,000 of its smoke detectors⁶. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the detectors in question could have problems detecting smoke if they're placed in areas that are humid. More information on this recall can be found at CPSC.gov.

Michelle Wright: CNN's John Lawrence.

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Are we rescued? Are we saved?
This is the "Lost" that changes everything.

Michelle Wright: And a French video game developer is teaming up with Touchtone Television to adapt the hit TV show "Lost" into a multi-platform video game.

Michelle Wright: With CNN Radio in the Marketplace, I'm Michelle Wright.

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 gouging   

n.刨削[槽]v.凿( gouge的现在分词 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…

参考例句：

• Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
• If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨，则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网

3 gouged   

v.凿( gouge的过去式和过去分词 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…

参考例句：

• The lion's claws had gouged a wound in the horse's side. 狮爪在马身一侧抓了一道深口。
• The lovers gouged out their names on the tree. 情人们把他们的名字刻在树上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

5 detector   

n.发觉者，探测器

参考例句：

• The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
• Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。

6 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技