迪拜股市因债务负担下滑

时间：2009-12-08 05:52:36

（单词翻译:单击）

Dubai's stock market fell by 6% on Monday on new worries about the size of the emirate's debt burden.

迪拜股市星期一下滑了六个百分点，起因于公众对酋长国债务负担的担忧。

Dubai World may need to sell assets including Cirque du Soleil
Dubai World may need to sell assets including Cirque du Soleil

It came as Dubai's finance minister said the government would not sell any assets资产 to help the emirate酋长国's investment vehicle投资工具, Dubai World, meet its debts.

Minister Abdulrahman al-Saleh said any assets sold would have to be the property-to-ports company's own.

Dubai shares have had a torrid酷热的 time since Dubai World said 10 days ago it wanted to stall payments to creditors债主.

They finished Monday trading at their lowest level since 22 July.

Real estate and banking2 shares were particularly hard hit, with investors3 still concerned about the financial sector's exposure to Dubai World's debt.

Dubai World has some valuable assets, notably显著地 its ports business, which stretches to every continent in the world, including London's Tilbury Docks and France's Le Havre.

Other items in its wide-ranging investment portfolio投资证券组合 include the luxury retailer零售商 Barney's of New York, a list of high-end US hotels, and the Canadian acrobatic circus franchise特权，公民权, Cirque du Soleil.

Speaking to Al-Jazeera, Mr Al-Saleh said: "Like any company that has commitments, part of getting liquidity流动性，偿债能力 is selling some assets. Of course local or foreign assets."

Investors' demands

One of Dubai World's first major repayments9 to bondholders in its property firm Nakheel is due next week.

The BBC's Middle East Business reporter Malcolm Borthwick said although the company had asked for a six-month delay, sources had told him that bondholders wanted to be paid off in full and on time.

A group representing 25% of bondholders were writing to Dubai World to that effect, he added.


分享到：


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 creditors 6cb54c34971e9a505f7a0572f600684b     
n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 banking aySz20     
n.银行业，银行学，金融业
参考例句：
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
3 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
4 notably 1HEx9     
adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地
参考例句：
  • Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
  • A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。
5 portfolio 9OzxZ     
n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位
参考例句：
  • He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
  • He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
6 retailer QjjzzO     
n.零售商(人)
参考例句：
  • What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
  • The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。
7 franchise BQnzu     
n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权
参考例句：
  • Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
  • The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
8 liquidity VRXzb     
n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产
参考例句：
  • The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
  • The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。
9 repayments f8b697bfb3107d78e4b040d051ee8608     
偿还，报答，偿付的钱物( repayment的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The repayments of the loan are spread over 10 years. 贷款可在十年内分期偿还。
  • The repayments of the loan are spread over 25 years. 这笔贷款分摊二十五年偿还。

©2005-2010英文阅读网