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…
2004-07-23 Morgan Stanley, Boeing Settle Sex-Discrimination Cases / Martha Stewart’s Sentence
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Recently we told you about the accusations of unequal…
2004-07-16 U.S. States and Gambling
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Some form of gambling is legal in all fifty…
2004-07-09 United Airlines Will Have to Seek New Financing Without U.S. Loan Guarantees
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Bankruptcy is a process that, in some cases, can…
2004-07-02 Up to 1.6 Million Female Employees Could Be Included in Sex-Discrimination Case Against Wal-Mart
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. A class-action lawsuit is a legal case brought by…
2004-06-25 World Wealth Report
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Two-thousand-three was a good year for wealthy people around…
2004-06-18 U.S. Interest Rates Expected to Rise at the End of June
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Financial markets are preparing for something that has not…
2004-06-11 Jobs and the U.S. Economy
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Labor Department says the United States economy created…
2004-06-04 Will Former Exchange Chief Have to Return Pay?
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Not many people would admit they were paid too…