Category: Economics Report (经济报道)

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Women lead eight of the five hundred largest American companies. The number fell last week when the directors of Hewlett-Packard…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Businesses are structured in different ways to meet different needs. The simplest form of business is called an individual proprietorship.…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. One out of six Americans receive money from the Social Security system. Monthly payments go to retired workers and disabled…

I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Social Security system in the United States provides monthly payments to retired people and the disabled. Most of the…

I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Bush administration is seeking changes to strengthen the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. This federal agency protects the retirement plans…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Carbon trading has its roots in the Kyoto Protocol. This is the international agreement to reduce levels of industrial gases…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, a government agency in Washington announced that it wanted to take over a retirement plan for pilots at…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Russian oil company, Yukos, continued its legal battle with the Russian government in two-thousand-four. The government reported this year…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Today we look back at some of the stories from two thousand four. We start with new developments at Fannie…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Next year, if all goes as planned, the largest maker of personal computers in Asia will become the third largest…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Bush says his choice for the next secretary of commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, understands business from bottom to top. Until…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Almost one-fourth of all personal spending in the United States takes place during the holiday season. There are gifts to…

I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Sears used to call itself “the place where America shops.” For more than a century, Sears department stores have tried…

This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week the Commerce Department reported on the United States trade deficit in September. The United States imported almost…

This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. America’s biggest exporter is Boeing. It is easy to understand why. Have you ever looked at airplane prices? A…