2005-02-18 Hewlett-Packard Ousts ‘Most Powerful Woman in Business’
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Women lead eight of the five hundred largest American companies.…
2005-02-11 Business Organizations
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Businesses are structured in different ways to meet different needs.…
2005-02-04 Social Security, Part 2
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. One out of six Americans receive money from the Social…
2005-01-28 Social Security, Part 1
I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Social Security system in the United States provides monthly…
2005-01-21 Strengthening the U.S. Agency that Protects Pensions
I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Bush administration is seeking changes to strengthen the Pension…
2005-01-14 Carbon Trading
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Carbon trading has its roots in the Kyoto Protocol. This…
2005-01-07 U.S. Agency Moves to Take Over Pilots’ Pension at United Airlines
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, a government agency in Washington announced that it…
2004-12-31 Year in Economic News, Part 2
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Russian oil company, Yukos, continued its legal battle with…
2004-12-24 The Year in Economic News, Part 1
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Today we look back at some of the stories from…
2004-12-17 Lenovo of China Moves Up in the Computer World with IBM Purchase
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Next year, if all goes as planned, the largest maker…
2004-12-10 Carlos Gutierrez, Nominee for Commerce Secretary
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Bush says his choice for the next secretary of…
2004-12-03 Holiday Shopping Season in the U.S.
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Almost one-fourth of all personal spending in the United States…
2004-11-26 Sears and Kmart To Merge
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Sears used to call itself “the place where America shops.”…
2004-11-19 Deficits and the Dollar
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week the Commerce Department reported on the United…
2004-11-12 Trade Dispute Over Boeing and Airbus
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. America’s biggest exporter is Boeing. It is easy to…