2009-07-03 White Firefighters Win Closely-Watched Employment Case
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The United States Supreme Court began its summer break this week. One…
2009-06-26 Driven by a Business Plan, but How Far Will It Get You?
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A business plan, in the words of the Small Business Administration in…
2009-06-19 Obama Seeks Reforms in Financial Supervision
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, President Obama proposed major changes to rebuild government supervision of…
2009-06-12 Money, Influence and the Election of Judges
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Elected judges in the United States got a warning this week about…
2009-06-05 General Motors Seeks Quick Bankruptcy
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, General Motors went to bankruptcy court. It became the second…
2009-05-29 Jobs and the Slow Road to Economic Recovery
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The National Association for Business Economics has its latest predictions for the…
2009-05-22 Credit Card Companies in US Face New Limits
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A bill to place new restrictions on the credit card industry in…
2009-05-15 Obama Seeks Health Reform With New Industry Support
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Health care reform was a big subject this week at the White…
2009-05-08 Keeping a Close Eye on Those ‘Green Shoots’
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Signs that the recession is easing in the United States have led…
2009-05-01 Chrysler, General Motors Work to Escape Crushing Debt
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The race to save two of America’s big three carmakers is entering…
2009-04-24 International Monetary Fund Says World Economy Will Shrink This Year
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will meet in Washington,…
2009-04-17 US Banks See Gains; ‘Stress Test’ Findings Due May 4
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. American officials say they will publish results on May fourth from a…
2009-04-10 Teaching Young People about Personal Finance
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. April is National Financial Literacy Month in the United States. As the…
2009-04-03 G-20 Leaders Promise Measures to Fight Global Recession
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Leaders of the world’s largest rich and developing economies met Thursday in…
2009-03-27 US Treasury Details Plan to Rescue Banks
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week American Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced details of a plan…