Microsoft, increasingly the underdog in a range of markets, had a glimpse of good news over the weekend.

近来在多处市场越来越处于被动的微软在本周末终于看到了一丝好消息。

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Hungary, which like South Korea has seen its currency tumble in recent weeks, stepped up efforts over the weekend to convince financial markets it isn't in danger of becoming the 'next Iceland.

匈牙利周末也采取行动，试图让市场相信它没有成为下一个冰岛的危险。同韩国一样，匈牙利货币过去几周也大幅贬值。

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Financial markets want “to turn us into their poodle”, he lamented at a weekend fete in a bucolic village, celebrating the joys of la France profonde with copious bottles of burgundy.

在一个一派田园风光村庄出席一场周末宴请时，用一瓶又一瓶的勃艮第酒来庆祝法国深处的喜悦之余，他哀叹到，金融市场想要“玩弄我们于股掌之上”。

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Now going into the weekend, Greece has markets and world leaders back in fear mode.

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The G-8 during the weekend attempted to assuage the markets by stating it wants Greece to remain in the European Union.

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The euro has been under consistent selling pressure since the currency markets reopened after the weekend break.

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