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 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, the London FTSE 100 was down 110 points. The Dax and Euro also down. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly. The Dow Jones is down. 

 
And the Australian dollar is worth around 87 US cents this morning. It'll also buy you just under 53 British pence and around one dollar five New Zealand.
 
Casino operator Echo Entertainment says the sale of its Townsville Casino will allow it to focus on operations in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Echo Entertainment is also the owner of Sydney Star Casino and it's confirmed the sale to private Australian company Colonial Leisure Group. The deal is worth around 70 million dollars. The move has been on the cards since Echo's annual general meeting last November.
 
The hearing implant1 maker2 Cochlear says it will appeal a United States court verdict which has awarded damages of 148 million dollars against the firm. The case against Cochlear was brought by the Alfred E.Man Foundation for scientific research and advanced bionics(仿生学，仿生电子学）and related a patent infringement3. The lawsuit4 was filed in December,2007 and centres on two patents on testing systems and methods for hearing implants5 which were exclusively licensed6 by the Alfred E.Man Foundation to a competitor of Cochlear's. Cochlear will seek to overturn the verdict.

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1 implant YaBxT     
vt.注入，植入，灌输
参考例句：
  • A good teacher should implant high ideals in children.好教师应该把高尚理想灌输给孩子们。
  • The operation to implant the artificial heart took two hours.人工心脏植入手术花费了两小时。
2 maker DALxN     
n.制造者，制造商
参考例句：
  • He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
3 infringement nbvz3     
n.违反；侵权
参考例句：
  • Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格。
  • The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委员会裁定美国的禁令对自由贸易构成了侵犯
4 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
5 implants c10b91e33a66c4b5cba3b091fcdfe0ac     
n.（植入身体中的）移植物( implant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Hormone implants are used as growth boosters. 激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Perhaps the most far-reaching project is an initiative called Living Implants From Engineering (LIFE). 也许最具深远意义的项目，是刚刚启动的建造活体移植工程 (LIFE)。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
6 licensed ipMzNI     
adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句：
  • The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
  • Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？

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