2006-09-22 Housing Market Slows in U.S.
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, the United States Federal Reserve chose to keep its target…
2006-10-06 Congress Acts to Limit Internet Gambling by Americans
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress has voted to ban most financial exchanges that involve gambling on…
2006-09-15 ‘Pretexting’ Spells Trouble for Hewlett-Packard
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Computer-maker Hewlett-Packard announced this week that the chairwoman of its board of…
2006-09-08 Bush Signs Law to Strengthen Pension Plans
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In August, President Bush signed a bill making major changes to retirement…
2006-09-01 Laptop Computer Batteries Become a Hot Issue
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Batteries are rarely a worry except when the devices they supply power…
2006-08-04 Foundations and the Estate Tax
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Now, our third and final report on foundations, what they are and…
2006-08-11 Oil Company Shuts Down a Pipeline at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the Largest Oil Field in the United States
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The oil company British Petroleum has shut down a pipeline connecting the…
2006-08-25 You’ve Got Trouble: America Online’s Big Mistake With Search Data
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. How much information can people learn about you by seeing what you…
2006-07-28 The Rise of Foundations (Part 2 in a Series)
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. As we told you last week, the United States has about seventy…
2006-07-14 European Union Fines Microsoft — Again
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The European Commission ruled Wednesday that Microsoft is still using…
2006-08-18 Indra Nooyi to Lead PepsiCo
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. PepsiCo this week named Indra Nooyi to become its chief executive officer…
2006-07-21 Building a Knowledge of Foundations
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Foundations are in the news a lot. They support everything from A…
2006-07-07 Enron’s Ken Lay Dies at 64 | Bill Aims to Renew Hedge Fund Rule
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Kenneth Lay, the former chairman of Enron, died Wednesday in…
2006-06-30 Warren Buffett Gives Huge Gift to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. In the past, investor Warren Buffett was known for making…
2006-06-23 Getting Started as an Investor
I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Stocks, bonds, land — people invest in different things and…