The first trading day of the week finished with a modest sell-off amid worries of slower economic growth. It was data out of China which set the tone for Wall Street. Beijing downgraded its economic growth projections to 7.5% for 2012, putting China on track for its weakest growth in eight years. Not even figures showing the US servicesector grew in February at its fastest pace in a year was enough to undo globaleconomic jitters.
上周因投資者擔心經濟增長放緩,第一天交易以小幅下降收尾。這是來自中國的數據,卻為華爾街股市走勢定下了基調。北京將2012年經濟增長預測下調至7.5%,成為8年以來最低水平。即使有數據顯示美國服務業在2月份以年內最快的速率增長,也不足以撤銷蔓延全球的經濟恐慌。
Company watchers were focused on Yahoo. According to a technology blog, the former internet darling is preparing a major restructuring that could result in thousands of job cuts. The announcement could come as early as the end of this month according to blog allthingsdigital.com. When asked to comment, Yahoo said in an email statement: "Our leadership is engaged in a process that will generate significant strategic change at Yahoo." But the company declined further comment.
企業觀察者將焦點放在雅虎身上。通過技術博客的報導,這個前因特網寵兒正準備大規模重組,將裁掉數千個崗位。博客allthingsdigital.com.說這次重組聲明最早這個月底前出臺。當被問及對此博客內容作何評論時,雅虎通過郵件聲明:“我們的領導層正在進行一場變革,一場會改變雅虎內部重大戰略方向的變革。”但是雅虎拒絕作進一步評論。
Back to Wall Street and the final numbers. The Dow dropped 14 points. The S&P 500 was down 5 points. And the Nasdaq gave up 25 points. Stocks were down in Europe as well with investors nervous about Greece's efforts to restructure government debt. Germany shed 54 points. France lost 13 points. And in the UK, stocks were down 36 points.
再來關注華爾街和最終的數字。道瓊斯指數下跌14點,標普500指數下降5點,歐洲納斯達克指數下跌25點。歐洲的股市也在下滑,同時投資者們也擔心希臘無力重組政府債務。德國股市下跌54點,法國下跌13點,英國股市下降36點。