영어 뉴스 공부하기 : The Week in Numbers: Tesla skids, Amazon cuts

* the week in numbers :  숫자로 살펴본 한주

* skid : 끽- 소리를 내며 미끄러지다

 to slide across the ground in an uncontrolled way

The van skidded to a stop right in front of the bus.

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# From why Tesla shares began the year with a thud, to another bruising time for big tech staffers, these were the week’s big stories in business and finance.
First up, over 12% was the slide in Tesla shares on the first trading day of the year. The sell-off came after the EV maker missed market expectations in the fourth quarter, raising worries over demand. Investors also fret that
boss Elon Musk is still distracted by his Twitter dramas. Tesla’s market value is down around $370 billion since he bought the social network.
$750 million is the latest money to be raised in another of Musk’s firms, SpaceX, in a funding round that values it at $137 billion. That’s according to reports by CNBC. Investors in the new round include Andreessen Horowitz, which also backed his Twitter deal.

 

* thud : 쿵, 쾅! 둔탁한 소리

a low sound made by something heavy falling or hitting something

A book hit the floor with a thud.

* bruising: 멍이 들다 / 마음이 힘든 => 힘든 시간 (bruising time)

* staffer(s) = employee(s)

a member of the staff of an organization, for example a newspaper

White House staffers

 * staff

SINGULAR/UNCOUNTABLE the people who work for a particular company, organization, or institution: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

It is a small hospital with a staff of just over a hundred.

The staff are not happy about the new arrangement.

full-time/part-time staff: 

The embassy employs around 50 people on its full-time staff.

join the staff: 

She joined the staff in 1996.

a member of staff: 

Peter became a very valued member of staff.

* first up : coming up의 느낌

* Tesla shares : 개별 종목 주가

*  sell-off  : 투매, 집어 던지다, 대량 매도 (수익이 아니라, 그냥 처분하기 위해 => 주가 대폭 하락) 

* beat / meet / miss expectations 예상을 뛰어 넘다, 도달하다, 기대에 못 미치다

* fret = worry : 걱정의 느낌, 안절부절

to worry about something continuously

Don’t fret, I’ll be fine.

There’s no point in fretting about things you can’t change.

* distracted : 한 눈 팔다

* drama 드라마 => 비현실 / 파격 / 예측불허 / 대폭 변화

* market value : 시가총액

* 투자자금을 모으고 조성하다 :  raise

* back => financially backed 투자참여

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# 30% was the plunge in shares for Bed Bath & Beyond after it warned it was exploring options including a bankruptcy filing. The homewares retailer said there was real doubt if it could continue as a going concern.
Over 18,000 is how many jobs Amazon now says it will cut. That’s about  6% of its corporate workforce, with most of the reduction to come in e-commerce and HR teams. The same week saw Salesforce announce plans
to cut 10% of its staff.

 

* filing 서류제출

* homewares 가정용품, 생활용품

* real doubt 현실적으로 불투명하다 (확실하지 않다)

* concern 기업의 뜻이 있음

* a going concern  지금 현재상태로 잘 갈 수 있는 기업 => 우량기업

COUNTABLE a business

a large concern employing 60 people

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# And about 25 Celsius, or 77 Fah renheit, was the temperature in parts of southern Europe this week. The winter heatwave has beaches busy, and environmentalists worried about climate change. But it has also helped
send sky high natural gas prices sharply lower amid little demand for heating. That spells relief for governments committed to helping cap consumers’ bills. 

 

* heatwave 폭염

* sky high 천장부지로 올라가고 있는

* send sth lower 낮추다

* spell = mean

* dry spell : 건기 (period)

* spellbound 마법에 걸린 (미녀와 야수)

* committed 변치 않은 마음 = 약속 = being loyal

* 최선을 다하다 // 전념을 다하다  We are committed to sth 

* consumers' bills 고지서

* cap : 상한선 (a salary cap 연봉 상한선) = limit