Today's story: FedEx raises its forecast after strong results. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: FedEx relève ses prévisions après de bons résultats
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:30) More stories today
(01:36) Today's headline, slowly
(02:18) Yearly plans
(03:16) Company income
(03:48) Earlier results
(04:27) Expecting the future
(05:27) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-29
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
FedEx relève ses prévisions après de bons résultats
Mercredi, FedEx a relevé ses prévisions annuelles après des résultats trimestriels supérieurs aux attentes.
Le bénéfice ajusté a été de 3,74 dollars par action, contre 3,36 dollars attendus.
Le chiffre d’affaires a atteint 22,86 milliards de dollars, plus que les 22,42 milliards attendus.
Mais le bénéfice net est tombé à 290 millions de dollars, contre 650 millions un an plus tôt.
Pour 2026, FedEx prévoit une hausse d’environ 12 % de ses revenus.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- vocabulary (annuelles)
- vocabulary (contre)
- vocabulary (chiffre d’affaires)
- vocabulary (un an plus tôt)
- verb (prévoir)
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