2004-11-05 When Newspapers Lie (About How Many People Read Them)
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The big news for American newspapers this week was…
2004-10-29 75th Anniversary of the ‘Great Crash’
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Seventy-five years ago this week, an event shook the…
2004-10-22 Officials Investigate Competition in the U.S. Insurance Industry
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. In a fair market, businesses compete to provide products…
2004-10-15 Kydland, Prescott Win Nobel Prize in Economics
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The winners of the Nobel prize in economics this…
2004-10-08 Fannie Mae, Under Investigation, Plays a Huge Part in Home Loan Market
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Americans say owning a home is part of the…
2004-10-01 Changes in the Airline Industry
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many airline companies are finding it difficult to make…
2004-09-24 US Airways Declares Bankruptcy a Second Time
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. A business receives legal protection from its creditors when…
2004-09-17 Hurricanes and Insurance in Florida
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. People who own something valuable, like a house, want…
2004-09-10 Measuring Jobs in U.S.
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last Friday, the United States Labor Department released the…
2004-09-03 Back-to-School Time Spells S-h-o-p-p-i-n-g
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Most children in the United States are returning to…
2004-08-27 New Law Changes U.S. Checking System
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. A change in the United States banking system will…
2004-08-20 Oil Prices
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. In terms of dollar value, of all the products…
2004-08-13 Halliburton’s Legal Troubles
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Investors in a company have some control over how…
2004-08-06 WTO Makes Progress on Doha Round of Talks
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Rich and poor nations have produced a new set…
2004-07-30 Good Times, Bad Times: Microsoft and Yukos
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Investors take a risk when they buy shares of…