Category: Economics Report (经济报道)

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Recently we told you about the accusations of unequal pay and treatment of female employees at Wal-Mart stores. That…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Some form of gambling is legal in all fifty American states except two, Hawaii and Utah. Some states increasingly…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Bankruptcy is a process that, in some cases, can save a business. Companies that cannot pay their debts may…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. A class-action lawsuit is a legal case brought by a group of people who seek to represent a much…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Two-thousand-three was a good year for wealthy people around the world. Merrill Lynch and Capgemini have released their yearly…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Financial markets are preparing for something that has not happened since May of two-thousand. The United States central bank,…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Labor Department says the United States economy created two-hundred-forty-eight-thousand jobs in May. The department says almost one million…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Not many people would admit they were paid too much for a job. But that is what Richard Grasso…

This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Russia is the largest economic power that is not a member of the World Trade Organization. But that may…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Concern about inflation is in the news a lot lately. In the United States, prices have risen especially for…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Google is a powerful tool for users of the electronic communications system called the Internet. Computer users connecting to…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, a group of three World Trade Organization officials ruled against the United States in a case brought…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The International Monetary Fund says it expects the world economy to grow more than four-percent both this year and…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. One of the most powerful tools ever developed is the P.C., the personal computer. One of the companies important…

This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. April fifteenth is a special date for Americans. But it is no holiday. It is tax day. It is…