TODAY'S BUSINESS IDIOM: (IS) ANYONE'S GUESS

(IS) ANYONE’S GUESS (LES PARIS SONT OUVERTS)

• Picking the rises and falls in petrol prices is anyone's guess these days.

• A few years ago Nokia was the market leader and look where it is today. Whether Apple or Samsung, or even another player, will eventually dominate the smart phone market is anyone’s guess.

• What the state of the Euro economies will be in a year from now is anyone’s guess.

TODAY'S BUSINESS IDIOM : ON THE GROUNDS (THAT)

ON THE GROUNDS (THAT) = AUX MOTIFS DE, POUR RAISON DE

• An Australian court ruled in favour of global miner Xstrata on Tuesday in a case which sought to halt the company’s plans to build the country’s largest coal mine on the grounds that it would contribute to climate change.

• Gupta’s defense lawyers will still have an opportunity to challenge particular Rajaratnam wiretapped recordings before trial on the grounds that they shouldn’t be admitted as evidence because he wasn’t a participant in the conversations.