对重点粮食品种实行最低收购价和临时收储政策，小麦、稻谷最低收购价提高了25%到40%。

Minimum purchase prices and temporary purchase and storage policies were put in place for key grain varieties, and the minimum purchase prices for wheat and rice were raised by between 25% and 40%.

在12月23日，力拓将对该公司的收购价提高到39亿美元。

Two days before Christmas Rio bumped up its offer for the firm to $3.9 billion.

今年小麦、稻谷最低收购价平均每斤分别提高0.11元和0.13元。

This year the floor price for the purchase of wheat and rice will be increased by 0.22 yuan and 0.26 yuan per kilogram on average respectively.

坚持和完善重点粮食品种最低收购价政策，抑制农业生产资料价格上涨。

We will continue and improve the floor price policy for key grain varieties and keep prices for agricultural supplies from rising too quickly.

此举可能挫败微软公司对雅虎的恶意收购，至少也能迫使微软抬高收购价。

The deal can at least give Yahoo more leverage to negotiate a higher bid.