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English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive Business Buzzwords: South African Labour Laws 1.. The new law will do away with employers who have abused the independent contractor

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Business Buzzwords: South African Labour Laws

1 The new law will do away with employers who have

abused the independent contractor provision in South

Africa's existing labour laws, but NMG-Levy labour

consultant Brian Allen says 'legislative ' could affect

genuine supplier relationships while wiping out this form of

evasion

overdose

overkill

overload

overrun

2 The NYSE applies program trading whenever the

NYSE Composite Index moves 150 points higher or lower

than the previous day's closing price; this restriction stays

in place until the NYA returns to within 70 points of the

previous day's closing price or until the end of the trading

day

blocks

brakes

checks

curbs

3 The Effect, which harkens to the Hebrew slave

who prophesied seven years of feast and famine, relates

to the market's tendency to have a long-term memory-for

example, a rise in stocks tends to be followed by

additional increases

Ben Hur

Joseph

Moses

Spartacus

4 I am therefore pleased to report that the second half did

indeed show a solid improvement; we managed to more

than reverse the first half loss and remain on for the

trading performance to continue along this trend

course

line

rise

stream

5 August was the cruelest month for Dell Inc, when it

recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries because of fears they

might ignite, announced a shockingly bad quarter and

disclosed that the SEC has launched an investigation of its

accounting; 'Dell is in the box' admits founder

Michael Dell

black

ice

penalty

trash

6 A stock is a perfect stock for investment —

named after the gorgeous star of the movie '10'

Bo Derek

Jennifer Lopez

Marilyn Monroe

Sharon Stone

7 Most economists think it's unlikely the effect will

be enough to tip the U.S economy back into recession;

after all, the average American already watches four hours

of TV a day

ABC

CBS

CNN

NBC

8 There's a saying in the stock world, that goes, "Don't

fight the " — what this means is that when there's

powerful selling going on against a stock, only the foolish

step in and start buying, because the price is likely to

continue to decline

rush

system

tape

traffic

9 Hedge fund managers will often call analysts and

present a very persuasive argument as to why a stock

deserves an upgraded rating; this does not always

lead an analyst to change his or her rating, but it works

enough of the time for the practice to persist

dogging

drubbing

hassling

hounding

10 Management is the process of identification,

analysis and either acceptance or mitigation of uncertainty

in investment decision-making

Bond

Broker

Portfolio

Risk