英国首相特拉斯辞职 保守党重启党魁角逐；德国同意采取天然气限价举措丨双语资讯速览
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英国首相特拉斯辞职
保守党重启党魁角逐
Liz Truss was on Thursday forced to quit as UK prime minister, drawing to a dramatic close 44 days in office that saw her preside over financial turmoil and catastrophic damage to the ruling Conservative party.
利兹•特拉斯(Liz Truss)周四被迫辞去英国首相一职，戏剧性地结束44天的任期，其间她引发了金融动荡，并给执政的保守党带来灾难性的损害。
Truss was told to quit by senior party figures, leaving bitterly divided Tory MPs with the challenge of choosing the UK’s third prime minister in a matter of months.
特拉斯是应党内高层人士的要求辞职的，此举意味着内部分歧严重的保守党议员需要很快推选出几个月来第三位首相。
In a brief statement in Downing Street at 1.35pm, Truss said she had notified King Charles she was standing down as Conservative leader and that a new party leader and prime minister would be chosen next week.
特拉斯于下午1点35分在唐宁街发表简短声明，称她已通知查尔斯国王(King Charles)：她将卸任保守党领袖，该党议员将在下周选出一位新的党魁和首相。
——本文2022年10月21日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister
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德国同意采取天然气限价举措
German chancellor Olaf Scholz dropped his opposition to an EU gas price cap after late-night summit talks aimed at quelling the energy crisis hanging over the union’s economy.
在一场深夜举行、旨在平息笼罩在欧盟经济上方的能源危机的峰会后，德国总理奥拉夫•朔尔茨(Olaf Scholz)放弃反对欧盟天然气价格上限政策。
Draft conclusions seen by the Financial Times showed that leaders were prepared to endorse further work towards a gas price cap — although with heavy caveats aimed at easing Berlin’s fears that market interventions could endanger security of supply.
英国《金融时报》看到的结论草案显示，欧盟各国领导人准备批准就天然气价格上限展开进一步工作——尽管文件为了缓解柏林方面的担忧而提出严重警告，称市场干预可能危及供应安全。
The compromise is a relief for EU countries including Italy, France, Spain and Belgium, which have long demanded a ceiling on gas prices as the cornerstone of efforts to ease the pain of soaring energy costs following Russia’s war in Ukraine.
这一妥协令意大利、法国、西班牙和比利时等欧盟国家松了一口气。长期以来，这些国家一直要求设定天然气价格上限，以此作为缓解俄罗斯对乌克兰开战后能源成本飙升痛苦的基石。
——本文2022年10月21日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为Germany concedes move to gas price cap as EU wrestles with energy crisis
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戴尔旗下投资集团将与
巴菲特顾问公司合并
MSD Partners, a company set up by Michael Dell, is merging with Byron Trott’s BDT merchant bank, creating an advisory and investment group that counts some of the world’s highest profile billionaires and entrepreneurs as clients.
迈克尔•戴尔(Michael Dell)成立的MSD Partners公司将与拜伦•特洛特(Byron Trott)旗下的BDT商业银行合并，创建一个咨询和投资集团，其客户包括全球一些最知名的亿万富翁和企业家。
The new group aims to capitalise on the wave of new fortunes forged as entrepreneurs founded companies during the two-decade-long tech boom while also advising the heirs of older family businesses. The two companies will together manage about $50bn.
新集团旨在利用企业家们在长达20年的科技热潮中创立公司获得的财富，同时为古老家族企业的继承人提供咨询。两家公司总共将管理约500亿美元的资产。
Trott, a former Goldman Sachs partner known on Wall Street as the billionaires’ banker, is a close adviser and co-investor of Warren Buffett, the Pritzker family behind the Hyatt hotel empire and the descendants of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
特洛特曾是高盛(Goldman Sachs)合伙人，在华尔街被称为亿万富翁的银行家。他是沃伦•巴菲特(Warren Buffett)、凯悦(Hyatt)酒店帝国背后的普里茨克(Pritzker)家族以及沃尔玛(Walmart)创始人山姆•沃尔顿(Sam Walton)后代的亲密顾问和共同投资人。
——本文2022年10月21日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为Dell-backed investment group merges with Buffett advisory firm
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英国消费者信心指数仍
在50年低点徘徊
UK consumer confidence hovered around a 50-year low last month as Britons struggled against a backdrop of soaring inflation, political turmoil and high borrowing costs, according to new data.
最新数据显示，由于英国人在通胀飙升、政治动荡和借贷成本高企的背景下苦苦挣扎，英国消费者信心指数上月徘徊在50年来低点附近。
The consumer confidence index, a closely watched measure of how people view their personal finances and wider economic prospects, edged up only two points to minus 47 in October, from the minus 49 the previous month.
消费者信心指数是一个受到密切关注的指数，主要衡量人们如何看待其个人财务状况和更广泛的经济前景。该指数10月份仅上升两个点，从上个月的负49升至负47。
The October reading was only marginally better than September, which was the lowest since records began in 1974.
10月份的读数仅略好于9月份，9月份的数字是1974年有记录以来的最低水平。
——本文2022年10月21日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为UK consumer confidence remains near 50-year-low
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