2011-12-02 EU Officials Urge Tighter Fiscal Rules for Euro Countries
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Stock prices around the world rose and fell this week on news…
2011-11-25 US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. An American congressional committee reported failure earlier this week. The committee failed…
2011-11-18 Microsavings Could Mean Big Gains for the World’s Poor
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. When it comes to savings, no amount is too small. Microsaving is…
2011-11-11 Italy Considers Budget Cuts, Rising Borrowing Costs
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The economic situation in Italy is worrying investors and may have cost…
2011-11-04 Retirement Savings Rule 2: Plan for Your Future Goals and Needs
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, we discussed limiting investment risk in retirement planning. So what…
2011-10-28 Retirement Savings Rule 1: Reduce Investment Risk as the Day Nears
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Today, retirement can mean different things. For many Americans, it means the…
2011-10-21 President Obama Makes His Case for Jobs Plan
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Obama and his wife Michelle traveled to the states of North…
2011-10-14 Two American Professors Win Nobel for Studies on Effects of Economic Policy
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Two American professors will share the twenty eleven Nobel Prize in economics.…
2011-10-07 Greek Protests Intensify, But So Is Pressure on Europe’s Banks
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Violent protests in Greece have added to tensions over the debt crisis…
2011-09-30 A Closer Look at High-Frequency Trading
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Once, stocks were traded through the open outcry system, with men shouting…
2011-09-23 A Quick Lesson in Ways Businesses Are Organized
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Businesses are structured in different ways to meet different needs. The simplest…
2011-09-16 Greece’s Debt Crisis and the Future of Europe
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Finance ministers from the euro area meet Friday in Poland to discuss…
2011-09-09 The United States Postal Service Warns of Default
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The United States Postal Service has a history as long as the…
2011-09-02 Steve Jobs Step Down with Apple on Top
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The chief executive who presented the latest, and coolest, electronics to the…
2011-08-26 A Credit Downgrade for Japan, but Some Signs of Hope
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, Moody’s Investors Service lowered its credit rating for Japanese government…