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English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive Business Buzzwords: Currency Trading 1.. Banks and trading platforms are competing to get a bigger slice of the rapidly expanding bus

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Business Buzzwords: Currency Trading

1 Banks and trading platforms are competing to get a

bigger slice of the rapidly expanding business of

currency trading, where investors buy and sell without

revealing their identity to the market

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generic

ninja

pseudonym

2 The dot-com ended when the NASDAQ

Composite index peaked at 5,048, more than double its

value a year earlier, and what followed was a bloodbath of

layoffs and consolidation caused by 'dot bombs' —

companies launched with great exuberance to grab as

much Internet real estate as they could without mounting a

successful revenue model

bubble

dream

landmine

massacre

3 The 1929 stock market crash itself, though large in its

own right, was nothing compared to the ensuing

market and devastating depression

boneyard

cemetary

funeral

graveyard

4 General Motors Corp Chief Executive G Richard

Wagoner would love to snare stylish Italian sports car

maker Alfa Romeo from its floundering parent, Fiat Auto,

in which GM has a 20% stake: "The Alfa brand is like a

sleeping ," says one Fiat senior executive, "We can

reactivate it with new models."

baby

beauty

giant

pill

5 A Euroland corporate raised financing for a power

station project, but the gas-fired plant was exposed to the

risk of a rise in gas prices, and the power tariff was linked

to the European inflation index; so ABN AMRO structured

and traded a swap with the corporate, matching the

profile of the corporate's loan

bumper car

ferris wheel

merry-go-round

roller-coaster

6 Georgia Pacific was especially frustrating to

bondholders, as the $2.6 billion of post-junk rated issues

were tendered, while the legacy investment-grade fallen

bonds dropped by 12 points after double-A plus

rated (buyer) Koch Industries said it would not guarantee

the Georgia Pacific bonds

angel

arch

hero

idol

7 More than a hundred companies in America are seeking

to redefine the line — moving away from

conventional corporate accounting, where the only

consideration is profit, to one that also includes the social

and environmental impact the company is having

bottom

fine

green

red

8 Financial News USA news distribution services will get

your Virtual Show in front of potential investors, both

retail and institutional: our press release enhancement

services give you expanded coverage on the wires as well

as the ability to target specific groups via our EmailWire

and FaxWire services

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Road

Trade

9 No image better represents the United States stock

markets than the : the little one-inch-wide strip of

paper is as synonymous with following the performance of

stocks and their markets as it is with heroes' welcomes

and parades

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bookmark

post-it note

ticker tape

10 If you're about to launch into the world of , or

want to boost an existing site's revenue in the coming

months, this article is for you

ebusiness

ecommerce

ibusiness

icommerce