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 And Apple shares have fallen sharply on the back of flat profit results. Shares in the tech-giant plunged1 close to nine percent overnight. The company has reported a profit of just over 13 billion dollars in the four months to January.

 
Apple says it has  sold a record 51 I-phones and 26 million I-pads, but the company has lowered its sales outlook for 2014, which does have investors2 worried.
 
Ford3 says it has one of its best years ever in 2013. The US car marker maker4 rather says its net income for the year was just over 7 billion dollars. That's a rise of almost one and a half billion dollars on the previous year. 
 
The result was driven by a strong performance in the US and Asia which helped offset5 losses in Europe and South America. 
 
Now to the markets.
 
A short time ago, the Dow reversed yesterday's losses, ended up rising 0.6 percent and the Nasdaq was up slightly,too. S&P 500 put on two thirds of a percent. In London overnight, the FTSE gained a third of a percent.
 
Looking at commodity prices.
 
West Texas Crude is trading at 97 US dollars a barrel. And Tapis is at 115. Gold is worth 1254 US dollars an ounce.

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1 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
2 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
3 Ford KiIxx     
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
4 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。
5 offset mIZx8     
n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿
参考例句：
  • Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
  • He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

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