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商务英语阅读 作者：李树红 Unit 8 Shares and Stocks Background Information Key to exercises 1. Dow Jones industrial average: 道琼斯工业指数 The Dow Jones Industrial Average (also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several stock market indices, created by nineteenth-century Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones Company co-founder Charles Dow. It is an index that shows how certain stocks have traded. Dow compiled the index to gauge the performance of the industrial sector of the American stock market. It is the second-oldest U.S. market index, after the Dow Jones Transportation Average, which Dow also created. 2. General Electric 通用电器 GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified global infrastructure, finance and media company that is built to meet essential world needs. From energy, water, transportation and health to access to money and information, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. Jeffrey R. Immelt is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE. The company traces its beginnings to Thomas A. Edison, who established Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. In 1892, a merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company created General Electric Company. GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896. GE is having four businesses including two infrastructure segments: GE Technology Infrastructure, GE Energy Infrastructure, GE Capital and NBC Universal. 通用电气公司，成立于 1879年 ，总部位于 美国纽约市 ，市值 3285.4亿美元 ，雇员数 31.5万人 。产品涉及电力的供应与输送、照明设备、工业自动化设备、医疗设备、汽车、火车及飞机引擎、工程塑料及有机硅等高新材料、基础设施建设、广播电视网络及部分金融产品 通用电气公司的历史可追溯到1876年，托马斯·爱迪生创立了爱迪生电灯公司。1890年，爱迪生将各项业务重组，成立爱迪生通用电气公司，并于1892年与汤姆森－休斯顿电气公司合并，成立通用电气公司(GE)，总部设在纽约。 GE公司由多个多元化的基本业务集团组成，如果单独排名，有13个业务集团可名列《财富》杂志500强。通用电气公司(GE)是世界上最大的多元化服务性公司，同时也是高质量、高科技工业和消费产品的提供者。从飞机发动机、发电设备到金融服务，从医疗造影、电视节目到塑料，GE公司致力于通过多项技术和服务创造更美好的生活。GE在全