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Vodafone Enters UK iPhone Market
Vodafone has reached an agreement to sell Apple’s popular iPhone in the UK.
The announcement follows news that network operator Orange had secured a similar agreement with Apple. The deals mark an end to the exclusive UK arrangement between O2 and the US technology firm, which has been in place since 2007.
Vodafone says users can register an interest online, with the handsets becoming available to customers from early 2010. Orange said its customers would be able to buy the phone" later this year" but did not specify a date or pricing.
Vodafone is one of the biggest mobile operators in the world with an estimated 300 million customers world wide, making it the second largest carrier after China Mobile. The agreement sees both Orange and Vodafone selling both the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.
A spokesperson for Vodafone said the firm was" delighted" at securing an agreement with Apple and th
A. To sell iPhone in the US.
B. To sell MacBook in the UK.
C. iPhone is available exclusively to Vodafone in the UK.
D. To sell iPhone in the UK
[单项选择]A. She enjoyed the exhibit, too. B. She has read about the exhibit.
C. She knows many local artists. D. She needs to finish her reading first.
[单项选择]The sportswear market has grown mainly because of ______.
A. more practical designs
B. cheaper production costs
C. changes in society
[单项选择]A market has the following characteristics: a large number of independent sellers each producing a differentiated product, low barriers to entry, producers face downward sloping demand curves, and demand is highly elastic. This description most closely describes:（）
A. a monopoly.
B. an oligopoly.
C. monopolistic competition.
[单项选择]The housing market has been for two years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies exhausted on the floor, still trying to struggle to its feet. According to the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended the year at $164,000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual increase since 1980.
Although residential real estate activity makes up less than 8% of total U. S. GDP, a housing market like this one can make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly, consumer spending is 66% of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an "umbrella effect" on the homeowner’s spending as he has to stock it with a washer/ dryer, a new big-screen TV, and maybe a swing set for the yard.
The main factor in housing’s continued strength is a classic economic example of zero-sum boom: the persistent weakness everywhere else. As the 2003 recovery continues to be more forecast
A. "Nature passes nurture.”
B. "Man proposes, God disposes."
C. "Faith moves mountains."
D. "Facts speak louder than words."
