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夏说晨读2016年05月18日【Wednesday】
Berkshire Hathaway said in a quarterly filing that it paid$1.1 billion earlier this year for a stake in Apple. 

Warren Buffett’s investment conglomerate has long shunned hi-tech industries. 

But he also likes strong balance-sheets and bargains: Apple has $233billion in cash.
 
Filing: 存档

Conglomerate：集团公司

Bargain: 捡便宜

夏说晨读2016年05月19日【Thursday】
Warren Buffett is backing a bid for Yahoo’s core Internet assets, news reports said.

The 85-year-old head of Berkshire Hathaway, who has previously shunned investment in the industry, has joined forces with Dan Gilbert, a billionaire who founded Quicken Loans, a mortgage lender.

Back: 支持
Bid：竞价
Core assets: 核心资产

Shun：避免
Mortgage：分期

夏说晨读2016年05月20日【Friday】
American scientists announced that they had cloned the Zika virus. 

This is an important stage in producing a safe version of the pathogen to be used in a vaccine against the mosquito-borne illness, which has been linked to brain deformities. 
 
Clone：克隆
Pathogen：病原体
Vaccine：疫苗
Mosquito-borne：蚊虫传播
Deformity：畸形