What would you do with $100 billion? Well, Apple have had to make that decision this week. So, let’s find out what it has decided to do by reading an extract from this article in the Guardian: Vocabulary Shareholders – An individual or institution that owns part of a share of stock in a corporation. Dividend – …
Read more »In this blog post we are going to discuss a commercial that was shown on television during half-time of Super Bowl XLVI (in February). The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), and is usually the most watched television broadcast of the year, where friends and family get together to watch …
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Silvio Berlusconi has this week stepped down as Italy’s Primer Minister. The following is taken from the Telegraph – full article here: There is also an article from the Telegraph stating that he could make a return: Vocabulary Step down – Resign. Gaffe – Causing embarrassment through an unintentional remark or act. Tackle – In …
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The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has been growing in recent months and today we’re going to look at an article from the Guardian that reports on a planned march from New York to Washington DC (300 miles). After looking at an article about the march, we’re going to go through some of the vocabulary …
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