One company in the news is Freewaves, which owns a chain in internet cafes. Like other new companies, Freewaves has tended to pay low dividends to investors, preferring to reinvest profits in research and development. Although Freewaves was able to turn in a healthy profit in the first quarter, taking everyone by surprise, the company has now declared operating losses close to a million pounds. This, of course, will make shareholders think about whether to keep their shares. And news from Simpson's, the big retail group. For years Simpson's have been acquiring other chains, giving them a strong market position, and they now sell everything from make-up to computers. But today Simpson's announced that they are to consolidate their three home improvement chains into one, under the Fresca name. Now for the figures.


一个关于自由浪潮公司的新闻，它拥有一个连锁的网吧。像其他的新公司一样，自由浪潮公司倾向于给投资者少部分的花红，宁愿把利润再次投资在研究和开发产品。令大家吃惊的是，自由浪潮公司能在第一季有一个丰厚的利润，但是公司现在宣布营业损失接近100万英镑。当然，这使得古董考虑是否保留他们手上的股票。而且从大零售集团辛普森那里得到的消息，辛普森已经煎饼其他连锁店很多年，这带给他强大的市场地位，而且他们现在销售的物品从化妆品到电脑应有尽有。但是今天，辛普森宣布他们将把三间连锁店联合为一间，而新的连锁店名字为弗兰西克。 那么现在的数字是....