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[post]Business this week
Jun 25th 2009
From The Economist print edition
Xstrata’s all-share offer to Anglo American for a “merger of equals” was forcefully rebuffed by Anglo’s board. Big investors in Anglo urged it to keep the door open to a sweetened deal, which would create the world’s third-biggest mining company.
英美资源公司董事会不屑一顾的拒绝了斯特拉塔公司全股份平等合并的提议，而同时该公司的大股东们则力主就这一将造就全球第三大矿产公司的交易与英美资源公司进行谈判协商。
Addax Petroleum agreed to an C$8.3 billion ($7.2 billion) takeover from Sinopec, giving the Chinese state-controlled oil firm access to Addax’s operations exploring off the West African coast and developing the Taq Taq field in Iraq. The deal comes shortly before the Iraqi government prepares to auction off oil contracts to foreign company。
Addax石油公司同意了中石化提出的 83亿加元（72亿美元）的收购方案，这将使得中石化这家国有石油公司进入addax公司在非洲西海岸及在伊拉克库尔德地区的石油勘探开采业务。在伊拉克政府准备将石油合约拍卖给外国公司之后，这两家公司很快的就达成了这项协议。
America and the European Union lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organisation alleging that China is placing unfair levies on its exports of raw materials, such as bauxite and zinc, thereby providing cheaper materials to manufacturers at home.
美国和欧盟向世贸组织提讼称，中国对其稀有金属如矾土，锌等的出口征收不公正的关税，以便使国内制造厂可以获得更加便宜的原材料。
Any dream will do
Boeing yet again postponed the maiden test flight of its 787 Dreamliner, this time because of structural weakness in the area where the wing attaches to the body of the aeroplane. The company had only recently insisted that the flight would take place by the end of the month. A new timetable will be announced within the next few weeks for the project, which is already two years behind schedule.
波音公司又一次推迟了波音787梦想飞机的首次试飞。这次是因为机翼与机身的连接区域的结构性缺陷。而在不久前，波音公司宣称一定会在本月底进行试飞。这个已经落后预期进度两年的项目会有一个新的进度表。
The European Central Bank provided a record
