2012-07-06 Saving Money for College
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. How much does a college education cost? In the United States, the…
2012-06-29 Ready to Save Like There’s No Tomorrow?
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Are you a saver or a spender? “A penny saved is a…
2012-06-22 Rio + 20 Brings Attention to Sustainable Development
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Leaders from more than one hundred nations are in Rio de Janeiro,…
2012-06-15 Pressure in Europe Builds for Banking Reform
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Pressure for financial reform is building in Europe. This week the financial…
2012-06-08 A Comic Book About Business Finance
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. You probably have heard of comic book heroes like Superman, Batman and…
2012-06-01 Meeting Highlights Economic ‘Dynamism’ of Southeast Asia
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The World Economic Forum is an independent organization. Its aim is to…
2012-05-25 SpaceX Is Doing Business in Space
This is the VOA Special English ECONOMICS REPORT. Space Explorations Technologies, or SpaceX, may be a company to watch in…
2012-05-18 Facebook Stock Goes on Sale
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Facebook is the world’s biggest social network. It has over nine hundred…
2012-05-11 Greece Struggles to Form Government, Unsure about Reform
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Olympic flame was lit in Greece Thursday. (SOUND) The ceremony marked…
2012-05-04 US calls for Fair Exchange Rate at meeting with China
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. American Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has again urged China to let the…
2012-04-27 President Obama Presses Congress on Student Loan Interest
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Student loans and the interest millions of Americans pay on them have…
2012-04-20 World Bank and Inrternational Monetary Fund Open Spring Meetings in Washington
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have gathered…
2012-04-13 US Brings Case Against Apple and Five Book Publishers Over Electronic Books
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The United States says technology company Apple and book publishers illegally fixed…
2012-04-06 How Gold Became the Gold Standard for Trade
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The best example of something is often called the “gold standard.” It…
2012-03-30 The Supreme Court to Decide if the Government Can Require Health Coverage
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The highest court in the United States is considering the constitutionality of…