常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

delisted

オリンパスが強制捜索を受けました。うみを出しきれるのかどうか今後の展開が気になります。ここのdelistedというのはどのような意味でしょうか。Lbow-Shoulderくんの出番です。(ゼミ生 Pear
The new Olympus management has expressed a willingness to consider alliances in an effort to get its finances back in order. Olympus delayed reporting earnings because of the accounting irregularities, but met the stock exchange's deadline earlier this month, averting automatic removal from the market.
The company could still be delisted if the criminal investigation discloses major misbehavior. In the past, erring executives have rarely got prison time for their roles in shady bookkeeping. Covering up for investments that went sour after the 1980s "bubble" economy burst was so widespread in Japan that a special term describes the practice, "tobashi." Olympus stock plunged amid the scandal but has recouped some of those losses in recent weeks. On Wednesday it was trading down 1.5 percent at 1,049 yen.

Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/news/2011/12/japan-prosecutors-raid-olympus#ixzz1hAWVW7lU