韩国监察机构突调查银行收费.doc

韩国监察机构突击调查银行收费 S Korea watchdog swoops on banks in fees investigation 韩国公平交易委员会(Fair Trade Commission) 昨天突然造访花旗银行(Citibank)和渣打银行(Standard Chartered)等11家银行，这些银行被怀疑在制定范围广泛的消费金融产品收费时相互串通。 South Korea’ s Fair Trade Commission yesterday paid surprise visits on 11 banks, including Citibank and Standard Chartered, on suspicion of colluding to set fees across a broad range of consumer finance products. 超过半数接受该委员会调查的银行证实，反垄断官员试图审查与金融产品定价结构有关的档案，相关金融产品包括贷款和资金转账在内。 More than half the banks visited by the commission confirmed that antitrust officials sought to review documents relating to pricing structures for products including loans and fund transfers. “有三人前来调查我们收取的费用和佣金。”某银行称。“他们说，正在对韩国的银行是否违反公平交易委员会法规进行调查。” “Three people came to investigate the fees and commissions we charge,” said one bank. “They said they were looking into whether Korean banks are violating FTC regulations.” 欧洲EADS高管售股遭调查 EADS warning prompts probes into sales 欧洲航空防务与航天公司(EADS)管理层，正面临来自股票市场监管机构及主要股东的双重调查。此前，在多次推迟其旗舰机型空客(Airbus)380客机交货的同时，这家法德合资航空航天集团于本周发布令人震惊的利润预警。 EADS management is facing twin probes by stock market authorities and its main shareholders following the Franco-Germa- group’s shock profit warning this week amid delays on its flagship Airbus 380 airliner. 据悉，法国股票市场监管机构AMF正在对该公司几位董事今年3月份出售股票一事展开调查，其中包括公司联席首席执行官诺尔?弗加德(No?l Forgeard)。他通过售股获得大约250万欧元(合320万美元)。就在几周后，董事会接到有关这种全球最大客机存在问题的警告。 The AMF, France’s stock market regulator, is understood to be looking into share sales by several directors in March, including No?l Forgeard, joint chief executive, who made a gain of about €2.5m ($3.2m), just weeks before the board was alerted to problems in the world’s biggest passenger aircraft. 美国石油产量反弹至近10年最高水平 US oil production revives despite disruption（破裂，瓦解） to offshore drilling（钻孔） US oil production last year rose to its highest level in almost a decade, thanks to an increase in the use of “unconventional” extraction techniques . 得益于“非常规”采掘技术的更广泛应用，