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The world this week--Business
本周国际要闻--商业
Nvidia’s fourth-quarter earnings exceeded expectations.
英伟达第四季度收益超出预期。
Revenue at the maker of chips for artificial intelligence hit $22.1bn, up by 265% from a year earlier, and it made a net profit of $12.3bn, a rise of 769%.
这家人工智能芯片制造商的收入达到221亿美元，同比增长265%，净利润为123亿美元，同比增长769%。
It predicted even stronger sales this quarter, even though it is struggling to keep up with demand.
尽管英伟达正在努力跟上需求，但该公司预计本季度的销售将会更加强劲。
Nvidia’s market valuation has soared past $1.7trn, spurring much of the recent rally in the S&P 500.
英伟达的市值已飙升至1.7万亿美元以上，这在很大程度上推动了标准普尔500指数近期的反弹。
Japan’s Nikkei 225 stockmarket index hit a new high, surpassing the previous record set 34 years ago.
日经225指数创下新高，超过了34年前创下的纪录。
The Nikkei is up by 18% since the start of this year, as foreign investors flock to Japanese stocks made cheaper by the weak yen.
自今年年初以来，日经指数上涨了18%，因为外国投资者纷纷涌向因日元走弱而变得更为便宜的日本股票。
Mortgage rates have moved back above 7% in America, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, as expectations fade that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates soon.
根据美国抵押贷款银行家协会的数据，美国的抵押贷款利率已经回升到7%以上，因为人们对美联储即将降息的预期逐渐消退。
Walmart’s revenues surged to $648.1bn for the 12 months ending January 31st (as it raked in $1.2m a minute).
截至到1月31日，沃尔玛过去12个月的收入飙升至6481亿美元(每分钟的收入为120万美元)。
However, the average amount that shoppers spent per trip dipped slightly in its fourth quarter.
然而，第四季度消费者每次出行的平均支出略有下降。
Last November Walmart said it would be “managing a period of deflation”, but it noted this week that although prices for general merchandise goods were lower than a year ago, they were a bit higher for food and consumables.
去年11月，沃尔玛表示将“应对一段通缩时期”。不过，该公司本周指出，尽管一般商品的价格低于一年前，但食品和消耗品的价格略高。
Two of America’s biggest credit-card issuers are merging.
美国最大的两家信用卡发行商正在合并。
Capital One, which issues credit cards on MasterCard and Visa networks, agreed to buy Discover, which has its own network, for $35bn.
在MasterCard和Visa网络上发行信用卡的Capital One同意以350亿美元收购拥有自己信用卡支付网络的Discover。
BHP reported a sharp reduction in net profit for the six months ending December 31st.
必和必拓公布，在截至12月31日的过去六个月里，公司净利润大幅下降。
The Australian miner booked another $3.2bn charge in relation to the Samarco dam failure in Brazil in 2015 (taking its total provisions for the disaster to $6.5bn so far) and a $2.5bn impairment on its nickel business in Western Australia.
这家澳大利亚矿商还计入了与2015年巴西萨马尔科大坝坍塌相关的32亿美元费用(使其目前对这场灾难的拨备总额达到65亿美元)，并对其西澳大利亚的镍业务计提了25亿美元的减值。
Nickel prices have collapsed amid a global glut of the metal, caused by Indonesia pumping up production at its cheaper mines.
在全球镍供应过剩的背景下，镍价暴跌，原因是印尼提高了其成本较低的镍矿的产量。
Traders are also paring their bets on the price amid slowing growth in the demand for electric vehicles, which contain nickel in their batteries.
随着电动汽车需求增长放缓(电动汽车的电池中含有镍)，交易员也在减少对镍价的押注。
The war in Gaza had a big impact on Israel’s economy in the fourth quarter of 2023, as GDP contracted by 5.2% compared with the third quarter.
加沙战争对以色列2023年第四季度的经济产生了重大影响，与去年第三季度相比，以色列国内生产总值收缩了5.2%。
The deployment of 300,000 reservists has taken a big chunk out of the labour force, and the building industry has been hurt by restrictions on Palestinian workers.
30万预备役人员的部署占据了劳动力的一大部分，而且建筑行业也因限制巴勒斯坦工人而受到损害。
Imports and exports plummeted.
进出口直线下降。
The economy grew by 2% over the whole year.
以色列全年经济增长2%。
