Economists are anticipating what they say could be one of the worst jobs reports of Joe Biden’s presidency this Friday, just four days before the US presidential election.

经济学家们预计，周五，也就是美国总统大选四天前，美国将发布他们所称的拜登总统任期内最糟糕的就业报告之一。

Two deadly hurricanes and the Boeing strike will push down the headline figure for October payrolls, analysts say, temporarily obscuring the US labour market’s underlying health and denting its impressive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

分析人士称，两场致命飓风和波音(Boeing)的罢工将压低10月非农就业总人数，从而暂时遮盖美国劳动力市场根本层面的健康状况，部分抹掉其令人印象深刻的疫后复苏的光彩。

The median estimate in forecasts aggregated by Bloomberg for the non-farm payrolls report is a figure of 110,000 job gains, fewer than half of September’s increase and one the lowest totals since 2020.

彭博(Bloomberg)汇总的非农就业报告预测中值为新增11万就业人数，不到9月新增就业人数的一半，而且是2020年以来最低的新增就业人数之一。

——本文2024年11月1日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Democrats face jobs report blow ahead of election

Your Majesty, I was so looking forward to seeing you at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting but unfortunately owing to a diary clash I am unable to come . . .  Yours apologetically

国王陛下，我原本十分期待在英联邦政府首脑会议(Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting)上与您会面，但很遗憾因为日程冲突，我无法前来……向您致歉。

The offices of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa must have faced quite the drafting challenge when their leaders chose to skip last week’s Commonwealth summit to attend instead a meeting hosted by Vladimir Putin.

当印度总理纳伦德拉•莫迪(Narendra Modi)和南非总统西里尔•拉马福萨(Cyril Ramaphosa)选择缺席上周的英联邦峰会、而是去参加弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)举办的一场会议时，他们的办公室肯定遇到了相当棘手的措辞挑战。

Few though would dispute the strategic sense of their sidestep. It is an unambiguous reminder of the waning influence of western-led multilateral organisations in the global south. It is also another sign of the broader decline of what became hubristically known in the post-cold war decades as the international community.

不过，很少有人会争辩他们缺席的战略意义。这是一条毫不含糊的提醒，即西方领导的多边组织在全球南方的影响日益衰落。这也是国际社会——冷战结束后几十年来的一个傲慢说法——广泛衰退的又一个迹象。

——本文2024年10月31日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 How the west should re-engage with the global south

Apple reported solid revenue growth in the past quarter as the tech group offered a bullish outlook on how new artificial intelligence features would drive an uptick in hardware sales into the holiday season.

苹果公司报告称，过去一个季度收入增长稳健，该科技集团对新的人工智能功能将如何在假日季推动硬件销售上升作出了乐观的展望。

The iPhone-maker’s revenue rose 6 per cent from a year ago to $94.9bn for the quarter to September 28, slightly above consensus estimates of $94.4bn.

在截至9月28日的一个季度里，这家iPhone制造商的收入比去年同期增长了6%，达到949亿美元，略高于944亿美元的普遍预期。

Diluted earnings per share were $0.97, after the company took a one-time $10.2bn tax charge in connection with an EU ruling earlier this year. Net income was $14.7bn, compared to the $24.3bn estimated by analysts absent the charge. 

稀释后的每股收益为0.97美元，此前该公司因今年早些时候欧盟的一项裁决而一次性计提了102亿美元的税费。净利润为147亿美元，而分析师在未计入该费用的情况下估计为243亿美元。

——本文2024年11月1日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Apple’s revenue beats Wall Street expectations on higher iPhone sales 

Donald Trump has ignited another dispute about misogyny in the final days of his presidential campaign, telling a rally he would protect women and “do it whether the women like it or not”, drawing a sharp rebuke from Kamala Harris. 

唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)在总统竞选的最后几天再次引发了有关厌女的争论，在一场集会上表示他将保护女性，且“不管女性喜欢与否都会去做”，这招致卡玛拉•哈里斯(Kamala Harris)的尖锐斥责。

The Republican former president made the remarks at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday night, where he arrived in a rubbish truck wearing a hi-vis vest to highlight a gaffe made by Joe Biden, who the previous day had appeared to call Trump’s supporters “garbage”.

周三晚上，这位共和党前总统在威斯康星州绿湾的一次集会上发表了上述言论，他穿着反光背心、乘坐垃圾车抵达会场，以嘲讽乔•拜登的言论，拜登此前一天曾称特朗普的支持者为“垃圾”。

Trump has faced several accusations of sexual misconduct, and earlier this year was ordered by a judge to pay $83.3mn for defaming a woman who accused him of sexual assault. He has repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he would “protect” women if given another four years in the White House.

特朗普面临多项性行为不端指控，今年早些时候，一名法官命令他为诽谤一名指控他性侵的女性支付8330万美元。他在竞选活动中多次表示，如果再获得四年白宫任期，他将“保护”女性。

——本文2024年11月1日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Donald Trump says he will protect women whether they ‘like it or not’