영어 뉴스 공부하기: The Week in Numbers: Tesla strikes back

* strike back: 역습, 반격

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# From why a price war is paying off at Tesla, to more job cuts at big tech, this is the Week in Numbers.
First up, $24.32 billion was the forecast beating revenue at Tesla over the latest quarter. Boss Elon Musk says aggressive price cuts have ignited demand for the firm’s vehicles. And he’s betting demand will stay strong
even if a recession comes.
3,900 is the number of job cuts at IBM. And that’s just the latest in a slew of big layoffs. Only this week, SAP said it would shed 3,000 posts. And Spotify said it would trim its workforce by 6%.

 

* pay off = succeed 성공보다는 "성과"

* $24.32 billion = 24조

* aggressive price cuts 대폭 인하

* bet 확신하다

* a slew of 대거 =  a lot of = a large number of 

* shed 감원 = cut / lay off

* fire 직원이 잘못해서 자르는 것

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# Up to 3,200 is how many jobs unions say are set to go at Ford plants in Europe. Labor organizations are threatening to disrupt production across the continent if the cuts go ahead. Ford wouldn’t comment.
$52.7 billion was the quarterly revenue at Microsoft. That’s a lot of money, but it was less than analysts expected, as was the forecast for future cloud computing revenue.
CapWealth Chairman Tim Pagliara says investors felt “gut punched” by the numbers: “I think it was actually a pretty fair representation of what we will expect going forward. You know, slower growth means that, in the
near term, their cash flow is going to change.”

 

* set to = expected to

* threaten 위협, 으름짱을 놓다 => 가능성, 언급 (자칫), 안 좋은 쪽으로 ~ 할 수도 있다

* go ahead => push ahead 강행

* wouldn't = Ford is not willing to comment = Ford refuses to comment 한사코 ~ 하지 않다

* a gut punch 명치 맞는 것 => 앞으로 고꾸라짐 => 엄청난 충격  = a punch to the gut

* actually 아니야

* fair 공평X => 정당한, 부당한 / 올바른, 틀린 

* a pretty fair representation of : of 이하를 제대로 보여주는 것

* going forward = in the future 앞으로

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# And up to $1 million or more is the penalty for using WhatsApp, if you’re a banker at Morgan Stanley. Reuters sources say employees got hit with fines for using such private messaging apps. Morgan Stanley has been in
trouble with watchdogs for letting staff do business over unofficial channels.

 

* watchdog 감독기관