2004-02-13 Business Organizations, Part 2
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, we discussed ways that many small businesses…
2004-02-06 Business Organizations, Part 1
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Businesses are structured to meet different needs. One basic…
2004-01-30 Enron Officials in Court
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The large American energy services company, Enron, failed two…
2004-01-23 Parmalat’s Problems
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. In December, the Italian food company Parmalat admitted that…
2004-01-16 IMF Report on American Financial Policy
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. A new report warns that the rising United States…
2004-01-09 Franchises
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Success does not come easily to a small business.…
2004-01-02 The Falling Value of the Dollar
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The falling value of the dollar has become a…
2021-09-11 Norwegian Police Recover Missing Middle Eastern Artifacts
Police in Norway recently found a large number of ancient artifacts, including writing surfaces, originally made in the Middle East.…
2021-09-06 Japanese Artist Makes Life-like Cardboard Sculptures
Monami Ohno uses a little tool to put very small pieces of hard paper, or cardboard, on the legs of…
2021-09-04 A New Hero Is the Star of Marvel’s 25th Film
The Marvel Cinematic Universe releases its 25th film this week, with a hero new to movies. Shang-Chi and the Legend…
2021-08-30 Palestinian Brothers Open Restaurant in Old Airplane
Few Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are able to travel by airplane. The territory does not have a civilian…
2021-08-30 Asian American Bakeries Mix Together Cultures to Create New Foods
Sunday Bakeshop in Oakland, California, makes foods that mix American and Asian cultures. The restaurant makes foods that are cooked,…
2021-08-29 Josephine Baker: First Black Woman to Get Paris Burial Honor
The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will soon be reburied in the historic Panthéon building in Paris.…
2021-08-28 Students, Teachers Worry about the Future of Music in Afghanistan
Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melbourne, Australia, to help bring back music in his home country, Afghanistan. He started…
2021-08-25 Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies
Charlie Watts of the British music group The Rolling Stones died Tuesday at a hospital in London. Watts played drums…