Saturday, March 3, 2012

Video Translation: BBC World business headlines


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BBC World business headlines



Expresiones y Palabras
Pact – Una acuerdo
Have dipped – se han reducido
bankruptcy protection – Protecion de Bancarrota


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The business headlines from the BBC World News.
EU leaders have signed a new fiscal pact introducing tougher controls over the budgets of each individual country and sanctions against those who break the rules, the treaty was signed by 25 EU countries. 
Retail sales fell unexpectedly in Germany in January compared to the 1.6% compared to the previous month; it’s the biggest drop since May last year according to official figures.
Oil pricess have dipped from a 43 month high after Saudi Arabia denied reports of a key pipeline explosion.  Several factors have pushed prices to their highest level since 2008 including tensions over Iran’s nuclear plans and regional unrest.
Eastman Kodak has sold its online photo service to the online publisher Shutterfly for USD24m.  Kodak gallery has 75m users.  Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection in January after running up large losses.
And those are the latest business headlines from BBC World News.

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