披头士乐队(Beatles)昨日结束了与美国苹果公司(Apple)之间的最新商标纠纷，从而为双方之间的一项潜在交易清除了一个障碍。双方若达成协议，披头士乐队的歌曲将有望进入iTunes音乐商店销售。

The Beatles yesterday buried their latest trademark dispute with US technology company Apple, removing one of the obstacles to a potential deal that could bring the Fab Four´s songs to the iTunes music store.

外界普遍预计双方接下来将会签订数码音乐协议，但披头士乐队和苹果电脑均未对此置评。

The two sides did not comment on whether a digital music deal, which has been widely anticipated, would follow.

不过，Apple Corps经理尼尔o阿斯皮诺尔(Neil Aspinall)似乎暗示，双方未来可能会建立商业合作关系。Apple Corps是披头士乐队创办的唱片公司。

However, Neil Aspinall, manager of Apple Corps, The Beatles´ record company, appeared to hint at the possibility of a future commercial relationship.

美国两位体育运动队老板昨日以2.19亿英镑（合4.29亿美元）的价格，收购了英国的利物浦足球俱乐部(Liverpool Football Club)，从而结束了这支英格兰最成功的足球俱乐部历时两年的待价而沽命运。

Liverpool Football Club was yesterday bought by two American sports franchise owners in a ￡219m ($429m) deal, ending a two-year search for a buyer for England´s most successful club side.

Kop Football Ltd将以每股5000英镑的价格收购该俱乐部，并承担其4500万英镑的债务。Kop Football Ltd是由乔治o吉勒特(George Gillett)和汤姆o希克斯(Tom Hicks)控股的一家私营公司。吉勒特是蒙特利尔加拿大人冰球队(Montreal Canadiens)的老板，希克斯则控制着达拉斯星冰球队(Dallas Stars)和德州游骑兵棒球队(Texas Rangers)。

Kop Football Ltd, a private company controlled by George Gillett, owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, and Tom Hicks, who controls the Dallas Stars ice hockey team and the Texas Rangers baseball team, will pay ￡5,000 a share, and clear the club´s ￡45m debt.