飓风“桑迪”造成的损失可能超过“艾琳”_时事

飓风“桑迪”造成的损失可能超过“艾琳”

金融企业则将业务转移到备份设施去处理，关闭了飓风途经沿线的办公室，并为客户和员工提供膳宿。摩根大通(J.P. Morgan Chase)周一发给员工的一份备忘录显示，作为该公司“复原计划(resiliency planning)的一部分，除了位于曼哈顿下城的主办公中心，摩根大通大部分办公场所在飓风期间将继续开放。

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the regulator for federally chartered banks and thrifts, said financial institutions directly affected by the storm were allowed to close though it urged them to reopen as quickly as possible.

负责监管联邦特许银行和储蓄机构的美国财政部金融局(Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)说，直接受飓风影响的金融机构可以停业，但金融局敦促金融机构尽快恢复营业。

The storm presented a mixed bag for retailers. Hurricane Sandy will 'disrupt last minute Halloween sales and mall traffic but drive stock-up trips to discounters,' said Citigroup retail analyst Deborah Weinswig.

飓风给零售业带来的影响好坏参半。花旗集团(Citigroup)零售业分析师韦恩斯威格(Deborah Weinswig)说，飓风“桑迪打乱了万圣节销售季尾声的销售，减少了商场客流量，但却大幅拉升了折扣店的销售额。

It encourages sales of merchandise like food, generators and water as customers plan for days without power or access to groceries. At Sears stores along the East Coast that were still open, tools and generators 'were flying off shelves,' Sears Holdings Corp. spokesman Tom Aiello said. 'With the storm being 1,000 miles wide, we are closely monitoring road restrictions, flooding and power outages' to determine if more closings are necessary, he added.