NEWS

リスニングで今回きいたNEWSの概要です。

[1]オバマ大統領はクレジット各社にアンンフェアな利子を止めるよう伝えましたが当然のことながら反発を招いてもいます。
下の記事はＢＢＣNEWSより拝借しています。
イギリスはどのように見ているのでしょうか

President Barack Obama has told the US credit card industry to scrap unfair interest rate hikes and to be more transparent and accountable.

He told bosses of 13 card issuers he wanted to keep the credit card market but to "eliminate some of the abuses".

Politicians have expressed anger that many of the banks issuing credit cards with high fees are the same banks that have received government bailout money.

Banks say tighter rules would reduce income at a difficult time for them.
[2]
Wild fire spread North Carolina
この火事は昨年起こったものらしいのですが１７００acrasに広がり煙がVirjinia州へも影響を及ぼしたようです。原因は稲妻との説も。怖いですね。
写真がその模様を語っています。