イチローはいろいろな条件を呑んでヤンキースへ。松井は戦力外。自分の腕一本で稼ぐ人生は、下り坂になると厳しい。日本は下り坂をどのように乗り切り新しい展望を開くか。課題だ。
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【企業】サムソン、アップルの特許訴訟に関して数ページに亘る記事
Tech giants’ patents go on trial
Samsung Electronics Co. recently leapfrogged Apple Inc. as the world’s largest seller of smartphones.
In Silicon Valley, patents go on trial
Also on trial: A judge’s worldview
Apple will argue that Samsung got to the top by copying Apple. Samsung will likely say Apple’s designs are not as unique as the company says.
What’s on the line
A jury’s decision in the pending case between Apple and Samsung could shape the future of mobile devices and technology patents. What to watch should the dispute go to trial as expected next week:
/ Keeping it simple: Can the two lead attorneys in the case keep things simple enough to persuade a jury?
/ What had it first?: Apple claims Samsung ripped off patents on Apple’s designs. Samsung says Apple’s patents are bogus because others actually beat Apple to many of its ideas.
/ Who pays what?: Will either company be ordered to take products off the shelf?
/ Next effects: A final judgment could spur settlements between sparring technology companies around the world.
Wanted: Temp attorneys with language skills
leapfrog: 飛び越す
bogus: インチキ
spar: 言い争う、喧嘩する
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見出しだけ追えば、大体内容がわかる長い記事。
【金融】
Banks step up job cuts in Asia
Global investment banks are ramping up their job cuts in Asia as the slowing economy, weak trading and stiff competition undercut the growth expectations they had for the region.
ramp up: 増やす
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儲からないとなると欧米の金融機関は柔軟に人減らしをする。
ここで言及されているのは、Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Goldman Sacks, Morgan Stanley. 日本の金融機関は間隙をぬって事業を拡大する機会と思われるが上手くいくかな―。
【スポーツ】
The Yankees provides Ichiro with a last shot at a ring
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この見出しは何を言っているのかよくわからないが本文を読むと、
With the surprising trade of Ichiro Suzuki to New York Yankees, the first Japanese position player to make the jump to the Major Leagues now has a shot at filling the one hole on his likely Hall of Fame resume: the lack of a World Series tittle.
と書かれていて、ああそういうことかとわかる。
【経済】
How tables have turned: Japan’s debt as safe bet
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日本国債への海外の需要が急増していると言う記事。
まあ、不美人コンテストで、欧州やアメリカより負けていると言う話で誉められたものではないが、市場でのニーズはそんなものなのでしょうね。
円高の間に財政再建を頑張らねば。。
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