The Nasdaq Composite Rose 1.3% on Wednesday

纳斯达克综合指数周三（9月4日）上涨1.3％

Tech stocks are extra sensitive to developments in Asia, because China is an important part of the industry’s supply chain. So stocks outperformed after Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s leader, said she would withdraw a controversial extradition bill that had sparked widespread protests in the city.

科技股对亚洲局势非常敏感，因为中国是该行业供应链的重要组成部分。香港特区行政长官林郑月娥(Carrie Lam)称她将撤回引发争议的引渡法案（该法案引发香港出现大规模抗议活动）后，科技股受此提振当日出现好于大盘的表现。

Investors were concerned that a Chinese crackdown on protesters could further strain its relations with the U.S. and make the trade war worse. The outlook for a trade deal is still uncertain, but this Hong Kong news may mean there is one less thing for traders to worry about.

投资者此前曾担心，如果中国打击抗议活动，那么中美之间的紧张关系可能会进一步加剧，从而导致贸易争端恶化。虽然贸易协议能否达成的前景仍然不明朗，但从香港传来的这一消息或许可以打消一些投资者的担忧。

25 American Companies Have Sold Bonds so Far This Week

本周（9月2日至6日）目前为止有25家美国公司发债

And on Tuesday, a record number of borrowers tapped the market. Here’s why. The interest rates that companies pay to borrow in U.S. markets are based on Treasury yields. And Treasury yields have fallen really far, really fast. For example, the 30-year yield reached an all-time low last month.

本周二发债的公司数量创下纪录。大量公司纷纷发债的原因是：公司在美国市场借款所支付的利率是由美国国债收益率水平决定的，而目前美国国债收益率迅速大幅下降。举例来说，30年期美国国债收益率上个月触及历史低点。

Many companies are taking advantage. Apple , Walt Disney , and Coca-Cola are just a few of the names on the list of borrowers this week.

许多公司正在借机发债。本周，苹果(Apple)、迪士尼(Walt Disney)和可口可乐(Coca-Cola)及其他大量公司发行了债券。

Google Will Pay $170 Million to Settle Charges

谷歌将支付1.7亿美元和解费用

—that its video platform Youtube collected personal information from children illegally.

因为谷歌旗下视频平台Youtube被指控非法收集儿童的个人信息。

Regulators claim that the tech giant violated a U.S. law that applies to websites targeted at children. Those sites, by law, cannot collect data on children under 13 without parents’ permission.

监管机构声称这家科技巨头违反了美国针对以儿童为目标群体的网站的相关法律。根据法律规定，未经父母允许，这些网站不得收集13岁以下儿童的数据。

But this settlement is just pocket change for Google—its parent company Alphabet had almost $10 billion of net income last quarter. And investors didn’t seem to mind much, going by the market’s reaction. Shares of Alphabet rose on Wednesday.

但这笔和解金对谷歌来说并不是什么大数目，该公司母公司Alphabet上个季度的利润接近100亿美元。从市场反应来看，投资者似乎也并不介意：Alphabet股票周三上涨。

翻译 | Anqi

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