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 Virgin1 Australia says its major shakeup has pushed the airline to a fully2 loss. Virgin took 100-million-dollar hit from a fast tracked restructure that’s / the company at business-class seats, switch to a new ticketing system and make two big acquisitions. The airline made a net loss of 98 million dollars last financial year. It also booked 48 million dollars in carbon cost as it boosted capacity. Chief executive John Borghetti says the lost came during the most aggressive competition in the aviation industry in the last two decades.

 
Falling sales in Australia and Europe have contributed to a 17.5% slide in Harvey Norman’s four-year profit. The furniture electrical retailer3 made 142 million dollars after tax in the last financial year. Globally, the company sales were down 3%. 
 
What’s to the market reaction, and there was mixed sentiment in response to the profit numbers. Harvey Norman shares ended up 4.5%. Virgin Australia shares dipped a 3.7%. And Telstra managed some solid gains. After a slow start, the board of Australian share market headed to a strong finish with bank striving the gains. The All Ords added 0.8% as did the ASX 200 Index. Across the region, most markets are weaker. Japan’s Nikkei has slipped 0.5%. And on currency markets, the Australian dollar is recovering against the greenback. It’s buying 89.44 US cents.

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1 virgin phPwj     
n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的
参考例句：
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
2 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
3 retailer QjjzzO     
n.零售商(人)
参考例句：
  • What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
  • The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

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