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Unit?3?World?News:?Economic?Developments Part?I?Warming?up A Tapescript: 1.?Central?Bank?governors?from?more?than?a?dozen?countries?have?been?meeting?in Hong?Kong?today.?One?subject?they?likely?discussed?is?the?outlook?for?the?global economy?because?of?the?U.?S.?slowdown?and?Japan's?struggling?recovery.?Another topic?they?may?have?discussed?is?how?to?strengthen?financial?markets?in?emerging economies?in?Asia?and?elsewhere. 2.?A?United?Nations'?report?says?the?worldwide?total?of?foreign?investment?grew?by nearly?40%?last?year?to?more?than?600?billion?dollars.?The?report?by?the?UN Conference?on?Trade?and?Development,?UNCTAD?says?most?of?it?took?place?between developed?countries?as?big?companies?took?one?another?over. 3.?The?United?States?House?of?Representatives?has?approved?a?cut?in?income?tax?rates, the?first?part?of?a?package?of?tax?cutting?measures?put?forward?by?President?Bush.?The income?tax?reductions?will?amount?to?nearly?1?trillion?dollars?over?ten?years. 4.?The?world's?largest?maker?of?computer?chips,?Intel,?has?announced?job?cuts?after?a fall?in?demand?for?its?products.?Intel?said?it?expected?its?revenue?in?the?first?quarter?of this?year?to?fall?by?a?quarter?than?the?same?period?last?year.?The?California-based company?plans?to?reduce?its?85,000-strong?work?force?by?5,000. 5.?The?European?Union?has?imposed?further?restrictions?on?the?movement?of live-stock?after?a?case?of?foot-and-mouth?disease?was?confirmed?in?France.?The United?States?and?Canada?have?issued?temporary?bans?on?the?import?of?all?animal produce?from?EU?countries. B Tapescripts: 1.?The?dollar?is?trading?at?one?German?mark?seventy-three?point?three?and?at?126.9?Japanese?yen. The?pound?buys?one?dollar?sixty-two?point?four.?In?New?York,?the?Dow?Share?Index?closed?45 higher?at?6,783.?Earlier?London's?100?Share?Index?ended?20?higher?at?4,390.?In?Tokyo,?the?Nikkei Share?Index?is?closed?for?a?holiday. 2.?The?Dow?Jones?Industrial?Average?closed?up?96?points?at?10,116.?The?Standard?and?Poor's?500 Index