填空题 A. YouTube APP Vanishes from iOS6
B. Economy Slumps in Italy and Germany
C. Dormant Volcano Erupts after a Century
D. IT Glitch Firm Agrees Rescue Deal
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New Zealand. Mount Tongariro, one of three volcanoes in the centre of the North Island, became active just before midnight local time, with reports of loud explosions, spewing rocks and steam. No casualties or damage have been reported after the eruption.
Mount Tongariro last erupted 115 years ago, and scientists said they did not yet know if this eruption was a single event or if it signaled the start of more activity.
Experts said they were caught by surprise—they had recorded some seismic activity in recent weeks but were not expecting an eruption.
A number of domestic flights on the North Island had been affected by the volcanic activity, Air New Zealand said. Police said highways that had been closed because visibility was affected after the eruption are now open.
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California: The app for video clip service YouTube is missing from the next version of Apple"s iOS6 operating system.
Apple said the app had been removed because its licence to produce the program had expired.
The Apple-made version of the YouTube app has been a staple on the iPhone"s iOS since the device was first launched in 2007.
The fourth test, or beta, version of iOS6 was released by Apple on 6 August. The final public version is expected to be ready in September prior to the rumoured launch of a new iPhone.
Soon after the software was released many tech news sites noticed it lacked the YouTube app, even though the Apple-made version of this program has been available for years.
Not all YouTube functions have disappeared from iOS6 beta, said Apple in its statement, as users can still play video by visiting YouTube with a web browser. They can also still upload films to YouTube from a phone or tablet.
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New York: Knight Capital has been handed a lifeline after it agreed a $400m (257m) rescue deal with a group of Wall Street firms, enabling it to continue trading.
An IT glitch on Wednesday caused its trading to go wrong, losing its $440m. Knight Capital is a major market-maker on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), creating a market for particular shares enabling investors to buy or sell.
The rescuers include financial firms Blackstone and TD Ameritrade.
Knight Capital has agreed to sell the consortium of investors convertible securities in exchange for the $ 400m cash injection. The company said that a faulty upgrade to its trading software had caused numerous erroneous trades to be sent.
The software glitch is thought to have affected Knight"s trading algorithms, which are computer programs that automatically and speedily send out buy and sell orders based on market data and client requests.
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PARIS: The Italian economy shrank again in the second quarter, official data showed Tuesday, and orders for German machinery declined sharply, a reminder that flagging growth continued to complicate European leaders" quest to restore confidence in the euro zone.
Italy"s gross domestic product declined 0.7 percent in the April—June period, compared with the first three months of the year, according to the country"s official statistical agency, Istat. The economy shrank 2.5 percent in the second quarter a year earlier.
In Berlin, the German Economy Ministry said industrial orders fell 1.7 percent in June from May, far more than the economists surveyed by Reuters and Bloomberg News had anticipated. Factories had 7.8 percent fewer orders than a year earlier.
The Economy Ministry noted in a statement that domestic orders were weaker, "with the momentum coming from abroad."