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篇一：投行今年亞太佣金收入
對於投資銀行業而言，2007年是它們亞洲業務利潤最為豐厚的一年，但今年卻開局不利。
Investment banks have suffered a poor start to the year in Asia after their most profitable year in the region in 2007.
因敢於在市場動盪情況下上市的公司數量減少，投行的股票資本市場收入大幅下降。
Revenues from equity capital markets have fallen sharply as fewer companies have braved turbulent market conditions to go public.
資料提供商湯姆森金融(Thomson Financial)的資料顯示，今年截至上週五，在不包括日本在內的亞洲地區，瑞銀(UBS)、瑞士信貸(Credit Suisse)、摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)和高盛(Goldman Sachs)的佣金收入分別下降了44.1%至70.9%。
UBS, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs saw fees fall between 44.1 per cent and 70.9 per cent in Asia excluding Japan this year up until last Friday, according to Thomson Financial, the data provider.
由於許多公司推遲或取消了首次公開發行(IPO)計劃，寧願等待更好的上市時機，投行今年在亞洲面臨的市況非常艱難。作為亞洲地區股市表現的衡量指標，摩根士丹利資本國際不包括日本的亞太指數(MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan index)今年已下跌約18%。
The region has been a tough market for banks after a large number of companies postponed or cancelled initial public offerings, preferring to wait for better opportunities to sell shares. The MSCI Asia excluding Japan index, a barometer of the region’s stock markets, has fallen about 18 per cent this year.
來自股票和債券資本市場的佣金收入分別下降了15.9%和52.3%。但收購活動仍在繼續，亞洲併購交易佣金收入為此增長了3.6%，達到13.8億美元。
Fees earned from equity and debt capital markets fell 15.9 per cent and 52.3 per cent respectively. But continued takeover activity saw fees from Asian mergers and acquisitions increase 3.6 per cent to $1.38bn.
在亞洲佣金總收入排行榜上，包括中國鐵建(China Railway Construction Corp) 54.4億美元IPO在內的幾筆大交易，推動中國中信證券(Citic Securities)的排名從去年的第13位上升至第三位。
China’s Citic Securities rose to third in the league table of overall fee revenues in the region, up from number 13 in 2007, thanks to several large deals including the $5.44bn IPO by China Railway Construction Corp.
瑞銀在排行榜上名列榜首，儘管該行今年以來的收入下降了53.3%，從去年的1.71億美元降至8000萬美元。這家瑞士銀行近80%的收入來自併購交易佣金。排名第二和第三的分別是花旗集團(Citigroup)和中信證券。名列前五的還有美林(Merrill Lynch)和JP摩根(JPMorgan)。
UBS topped the league table in spite of a 53.3 per cent plunge in revenues from $171m last year to $80m so far this year. The Swiss bank, which derived nearly 80 per cent of fees from M&A, is followed by Citigroup and Citic. Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan took the other top five places.
中信證券收入飆升425.1%，至5590萬美元。在中國鐵建本月在香港和上海的IPO中，中信證券都是保薦人。
Citic, which sponsored both the Hong Kong and Shanghai portions of CRCC’s IPO this month, saw revenues surge 425.1 per cent to $55.9m.
行業諮詢公司奧緯諮詢(Oliver Wyman)的另一份報告顯示，作為中國最大的券商之一，中信證券取得成功的背景是：本地公司繼續主導著亞洲的承銷市場，特別是首次公開發行市場。
The success of Citic, one of China’s largest brokerages, comes as local firms continue to dominate the underwriting market in Asia, especially in primary offerings, according to a separate report by Oliver Wyman, an industry consultant.
除了香港和新加坡(國際投行在此仍然控制著市場)，其他國家的多數交易往往都由本地券商安排。奧緯諮詢稱，中國的三大承銷商分別是中信證券、中金公司(CICC)和國泰君安(Guotai Junan)。臺灣5家最大的承銷商都是本地公司。
Apart from Hong Kong and Singapore, where international investment banks still control the market, local brokerages tend to arrange most deals in other countries. China’s top three underwriters are Citic, CICC and Guotai Junan, said Oliver Wyman. All of the five largest players in Taiwan are local firms.
在湯姆森金融排行榜的前十名中，高盛的佣金收入降幅最大，達到70.9%，從9730萬美元降至2830萬美元。投行業務佣金總收入較上年同期下降5.4%，從22.2億美元降至21億美元。
篇二：汙染嚴重
一項全球汙染研究昨日發現，中國、印度和俄羅斯名列全球汙染最嚴重地區之首。
China, India and Russia top the list of the world’s most polluted places, a study of global pollution yesterday found.
在全球十大汙染最嚴重的地區中，上述三個國家各佔兩個，而另外四個地區分別位於祕魯、烏克蘭、尚比亞和亞塞拜然。
The three countries are each home to two of the world’s top 10 polluted sites, while the others are in Peru, Ukraine, Zambia and Azerbaijan.
臨汾和天津分別因空氣質量糟糕和金屬工業，成為中國汙染最嚴重的城市。Sukinda和Vapi由於採礦業和一般工業，名列印度汙染最嚴重地區榜首。金屬冶煉中心諾里爾斯克和武器製造基地捷爾任斯克，是俄羅斯汙染最嚴重的地區。
Linfen and Tianjin are the worst polluted places in China because of poor air quality and the metal industry respectively. Sukinda and Vapi are the worst in India, the former because of mining and the latter from general industry. Norilsk, where metals are extracted, and Dzerzhinsk, home to weapons manufacture, are Russia’s most polluted locations.
鐵匠研究所(Blacksmith Institute)釋出了有關全球30個汙染最嚴重地區的報告。該組織表示，不太可能將十大汙染地區進行排序，因為每個地區的汙染形式不同，而且在其地理和人口方面也存在很大差別。
The Blacksmith Institute, which produced the report on the “dirty 30” most polluted places on the planet, said it was not possible to rank the top 10 in order because of the different forms of pollution in each place and because they differed widely in their geography and population.
鐵匠研究所全球業務主管大衛?漢拉漢(David Hanrahan)表示：“這30個汙染城市都對人類健康造成很大毒害。”
“All sites in the dirty 30 are very toxic and dangerous to human health,” said David Hanrahan, director of global operations at Blacksmith.
該研究所所長理查德?富勒(Richard Fuller)稱：“事實上，這些汙染地區的兒童正罹患疾病，(有些人)生命垂危，而目前還沒有解決這些問題的先進科學。”
Richard Fuller, director of the institute, said: “The fact of the matter is that children are sick and dying in these polluted places and it’s not rocket science to fix them.”
報告發現，在30個汙染最嚴重地區中，採礦業是汙染最主要的原因，而金屬冶煉、石化及其它工業也是汙染的原因。
Mining was found to be the most frequent cause of pollution in the dirty 30 but metals extraction, petrochemicals and other industries were also to blame.
空氣汙染最嚴重地區分別是中國的臨汾、蘭州和烏魯木齊，俄羅斯的馬格尼託哥爾斯克，以及墨西哥城。
The worst places for air pollution were Linfen, Lanzhou and Urumqi in China, Magnitogorsk in Russia and Mexico City.
肯亞的丹羅拉垃圾場也榜上有名，成為城市垃圾汙染最嚴重的地區。
The Dandora dump in Kenya made it on to the list for being the worst site polluted by urban waste.
烏克蘭切爾諾貝利的核汙染殘留物使該地區進入十大汙染城市之列，吉爾吉斯斯坦的.梅魯蘇地區也因其核場所而上榜。
Chernobyl’s legacy of nuclear contamination put the region in the top 10, and Mailuu-Suu in Kyrgyzstan was also judged one of the worst polluted for its nuclear site
篇三：中國航空貨運業
中國製造業的顯著增長，促使航空貨運公司爭相發展其在華業務。然而，這可能成為一個業務規模擴張過大、速度過快的案例。
China’s spectacular manufacturing growth has left air freight carriers scrambling to develop their activities in the country. But it could be a case of too much, too soon.
兩年前，從南京或上海空運貨物至歐洲，每公斤運費高達4美元;如今的價格約為2.50美元。南京祿口機場副總經理徐勇表示：“在此項業務上仍有錢賺的航空公司非常少見。”
Two years ago, flying goods from Nanjing or Shanghai to Europe cost up to $4 a kilogramme; today it the price is about $2.50. “Very few carriers are still making money here,’’ says Xu Yong, vice-president of Nanjing airport.
由於機隊擴張速度繼續超出需求，航空公司正加劇中國一些機場的擁堵問題。徐勇警告稱：“我們現在的飛機數量實在是太多了。”
As fleet expansion continues to outpace demand, carriers are adding to congestion problems at some Chinese airports. “We have just far too many planes now”Mr Xu warns.
荷蘭航空公司Martinair副總裁弗蘭克?德容(Frank de Jong)表示，中國空運貨物出口量正以每年約10%的速度增長，而飛機貨物運力的增幅約為25%。
Frank de Jong, vice-president at Martinair, the Dutch carrier, says the volume of Chinese exports by air is growing by about 10 per cent a year but aircraft cargo capacity is rising by about 25 per cent.
在亞洲，約半數貨物在運輸時都是放在定期客運航班的腹艙內。例如，在客運航空公司中，大韓航空(Korean Airlines)擁有全球規模最大的貨運業務，其28%的收入來自航空貨運業務。
In Asia, about half of cargo transported is carried in the belly of regular passenger flights. Korean Airlines, for example, has the world’s largest cargo business among passenger airlines, with 28 per cent of its revenue coming from air freight.
在美國，大部分航空貨運業務由以UPS和聯邦快遞(FedEx)為首的專業貨運公司負責。中國政府最近已進一步放寬了對上述兩家公司的准入限制。
In the US, the bulk of air cargo is handled by the specialist freight industry, led by UPS and FedEx. The Chinese government has recently granted greater access to the two companies.
瑞士信貸(Credit Suisse)分析師彼得?希爾頓(Peter Hilton)表示：“美國公司可以向中國體系內注入更多運力，並承接向來由亞洲航空公司包攬的貨運業務。”
Peter Hilton, analyst at Credit Suisse, says: “The Americans are being allowed to inject more capacity into the Chinese system and moving goods that would have traditionally gone to Asian carriers.”
中國政府已加大其發展國內航空貨運業的努力，鼓勵國內航空公司與經驗更為豐富的西方貨運公司合作。而就在不久前，中國政府的重點還幾乎全放在航空客運業的改革和擴張方面。
Beijing has stepped up its efforts to develop a domestic air freight industry, encouraging its airlines to team up with more experienced Western cargo operators. Until recently, the Chinese government had instead focused almost exclusively on overhauling and expanding the passenger airline industry.
一位香港銀行家表示：“從政治角度來看，運送旅客比運輸貨物更能建立聲望，但政府已意識到，貨運對出口驅動型的製造業領域至關重要。”
A Hong Kong banker says: “Politically, there’s a lot more prestige in helping move people rather than goods, but the government has woken up to how crucial freight is for an export-led manufacturing sector.”
