Bank hires workers to fix software | Beginner Italian Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Today's story: Bank of America hires 1,000 contractors to fix software problems. You will hear it in Italian first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in Italian: Bank of America assume 1.000 consulenti per correggere i problemi dei software
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TODAY'S ITALIAN TEXT
Bank of America assume 1.000 consulenti per correggere i problemi dei software
Nel secondo trimestre, Bank of America ha assunto 1.000 consulenti esterni.
L’intelligenza artificiale ha mostrato problemi in programmi vecchi.
Oggi, i consulenti lavorano ancora con circa 3.000 persone della banca.
Nel terzo trimestre, la banca ha speso più di 200 milioni di dollari per riparare i software e per problemi legati alle regole contro il riciclaggio di denaro.
La banca prevede meno spese nel tempo.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- vocabulary (consulenti esterni)
- pronunciation (intelligenza)
- vocabulary (ancora)
- verb (spendere)
- vocabulary (nel tempo)
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