retail [5rI???teil]??????retailer [rI???5teil[]????????????Auto parts retailer CSK Auto Corp.on Monday said quarterly earnings fell 14percent???matching the Wall Street consensus forecast???after highgasoline prices hurt sales to its retail customers???.Reuters???
Internet retailer Amazon.com reveals two new online schemes to helpreaders buy books in different ways???.BBC???
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Strong sales from its 20th Century Fox film studio boosts News Corp???srevenue???but profit is hit by a charge on its TV licences???.BBC???
rise [raiz]???????????????a record rise ??????????????????Global steel demand will rise by 4%to 5%in both 2005and 2006???fuelledby China???an industry body says???.BBC???
This should provide some reassurance that higher energy prices are stillnot feeding through into a broader rise in inflation???.NBC???
sabotage [5sAb[tB???V]?????????????????????A fired employee of a natural gas distribution company has been indicted on charges he sabotaged the utility???s pipelines by puncturing them andtampering with valves???authorities said???.FOX NEWS???
The teen creator of the???Sasser???Internet worm???which caused millions of dollars in damage worldwide???won???t be going to jail despite his convictionFriday on charges including computer sabotage???.AP???
share [FZ[]????????????????????????????????????????????????The Milan stock exchange will start distributing new shares of onetime diary giant Parmalat???a person close to the situation said.???THE WALL STREET JOURNAL???stabilize [5steibIlaiz]?????????The Army Corps of Engineers expects to stabilize any weak areas in thelevee system before the 2006hurricane season begins in June???.AP???
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US media company CNN is selling its 50%stake in German 24-hournews channel N-TV to partner RTL???.BBC???
stock [stCk]??????Rumsfeld said that after consulting lawyers and ethics officials???he decided not to sell his stock in a company with an interest in the influenza-fighting pill Tamiflu???which could be used to combat bird flu???.CNN???
subsidiary [s[b5sIdI[rI]?????????????????????subsidiary company ????????????????????????Five mobile phone companies -Norway???s Telenor subsidiary GrameenPhone???Telecom Malaysia???s AKTEL???Egypt???s Orascom Telecom???SingTel with Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd.???and state-owned Teletalk-provide services to the country???s 8million subscribers???.Reuters???
Prosecutors in South Africa charge two subsidiaries of the French armscompany Thales with corruption???.BBC???
subsidy [5sQbsIdI]???????????????????????????The current stalemate over agricultural subsidies and other issues could cause global trade talks to collapse unless progress is made at a World TradeOrganization meeting in Hong Kong next month???Asia Pacific countries arewarning???.CNN???
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China is forecasting a trade surplus of $90bn to $100bn this year???athreefold increase on 2004???s $32bn???.BBC???
tariff [5tArIf]??????Rice is a sensitive issue in Japan???where the government has long sought to protect the country???s farmers.Tokyo levies a 490percent tariff on rice imports???and has opposed tariff-lowering proposals in ongoing global tradenegotiations on agricultural products???.NBC???
tax [tAks]?????????????????????The Bush administration supports bringing back the pay-as-you-go provision for spending???but not for tax cuts.A decade-long pay-as-you-goprovision expired in 2002???.NBC???
trade [treid]??????external trade [eks5t[???nl]????????????US President GeorgeW Bush admits that plans for a giant free trade zonein the Americas have stalled???.BBC???
There was also a serious economic impact to their position since it meant that Israel continued to control all of Gaza???s external trade???including themovement of workers in and out of the territory???.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ???