2005-09-23 High Fuel Prices Fail to Spread Inflation, at Least Not Yet
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. While oil prices have climbed sharply, other costs have not…
2005-09-16 Nasdaq: An Electronic Marketplace
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Economics Report. A listener in China asks about the history of the…
2005-09-09 Katrina: The Human Cost Is Not the Only Number Expected to Be High
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Hurricane Katrina caused damage on a level never before seen…
2005-09-02 What’s in a Name: Standard and Poor’s
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Recently, a listener from China asked why the financial company…
2005-08-26 Development Banks: Lenders with Interest in Progress
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Development banks are international lending groups. They lend money to…
2005-08-12 Bush Signs Major Energy and Transportation Bills
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Bush has signed into law the first energy policy…
2005-08-19 Many Americans Are Watching Their Credit Reports
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Economics Report. More and more Americans are reading their own credit report.…
2005-08-05 Click-Click: E-Commerce Turns Ten
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Economics Report. On July sixteenth, nineteen ninety-five, a new book store opened…
2005-07-29 Savings Plans Help Ease Pain of College Costs
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. A college education is an investment in the future. But…
2005-07-22 Savings Are a Starting Point on the Road to Riches
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Saving money is a first step toward wealth. Putting money…
2005-07-15 U.S. Officials Study Chinese Offer for American Oil Company Unocal
I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is…
2005-07-08 Changes in the Credit Card Industry
I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The credit card was a revolutionary idea. Today, a small…
2005-07-01 Local Officials in U.S. Gain New Strength to Take Land for Development
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. On June twenty-third, the Supreme Court decided an important case…
2005-06-24 General Motors and Ford Cut Jobs and Costs
I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are traditionally known as the…
2005-06-17 Greenspan Says ‘Bubble’ in Home Prices for U.S. Appears Unlikely
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. America’s top banker, Alan Greenspan, says the condition of the…