2008-01-25 Deal Reached in Washington to Aid Economy
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last Friday, President Bush called for an economic growth package — a…
2008-01-11 McDonald’s Targets Starbucks
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. McDonald’s, the fast-food company, is heating up competition with the Starbucks Coffee…
2008-01-18 For High Definition TVs, Blu-ray Gets a Big Supporter
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Competition often means waiting for people to make a choice. That was…
2008-01-04 World Economic Growth Expected to Slow in 08
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. World economic growth remained strong in two thousand seven. The International Monetary…
2007-12-21 Volunteer Experts Help Businesses in Developing Economies
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Abe Mirza is an American, fifty-nine years old and retired. He was…
2007-12-14 Helping Subprime Borrowers: Too Little? Too Much?
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Imagine that you want to buy a house but are not sure…
2007-12-07 Sovereign Wealth Funds: When Governments Become Players
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last month, America’s biggest bank, Citigroup, agreed to sell five percent of…
2007-11-30 The Worldwide Spread of Oil
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. When we think of oil, the part of the world that comes…
2007-11-23 Petroleum: A Short History of Black Gold
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. With oil around one hundred dollars a barrel, this may be a…
2007-11-16 Allowance Helps Children Learn About Money
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance.…
2007-11-09 Citigroup’s Prince Resigns as CEO
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, we told you about big losses at the investment bank…
2007-11-02 Finance: Merrill Lynch CEO O’Neal Is Out After Huge Loss
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, directors of investment bank Merrill Lynch forced out its chief…
2007-10-26 Microsoft, the EU and Facebook
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, Microsoft agreed to end its fight against European Union competition…
2007-10-19 2007 Nobel in Economics: Designing Better Markets
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many things perform effectively but not efficiently. To be efficient means to…