Will High Cost of Small Loans Hurt Cambodians?

The Cambodian government has ordered a limit on interest rates on small loans. The decision comes before local elections are set to take place in June. The 18 percent limit on the microfinance industry interest rates takes effect on April 1. Microfin

Some Colleges Ask for Part of Future Salary Instead of Loans

Young people graduating from colleges and universities in the United States face increasing amounts of debt. Some colleges however are now offering students another way to pay for their studies. They pay for a students education in return for a perce

英语博客：A Commercial for Crunch Pak.

My sister-in-law called me the other day and asked me if two of my children would be interested in taking part in a commercial. I think so, I replied. I thought that it would be an exciting, new experience for them. One girl and one boy were needed.

2006年VOA标准英语-Blast at Moscow Market Appears to Be Commercial

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 21 August Rescuers carry the body of man killed by a blast, which hit a two-story trading arcade at a market in the northeastern part of Moscow, Monday, August 21, 2006 At least eight people were killed and dozens more injur

NPR 2010-02-12

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A new report from the panel overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program warns that some 3,000 small and mid-sized banks may be forced to cut back their lending because of commercial real estate loans g

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Commercial Real Estate

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The American housing collapse was a major cause of the recession. The housing market is showing new life after three years of falling prices and too much supply. But now there are worries that banks

VOA标准英语2008年-Experts Assess Impact of Wall Street Meltdown

Several leading economic experts say the turmoil on Wall Street is caused by a crisis of confidence and that it is likely to have a significant impact on the overall economy and ordinary people across the world. VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports

VOA标准英语2010年-Invasive Asian Carp Harm Commercial Fi

Commerical fisherman Chad Isaak and a partner haul in a boatload of invasive Asian Carp, Jul 2010 The multi-billion-dollar commercial fishing industry in the Great Lakes region of the United States employs more than 800,000 people, but is threatened

新西兰英语 616 Student loans

The government is going to change the repayment rate for student loans. At the moment, when graduates earn a minimum of $19,084 a year (that is $367 a week), they have to start repaying the loan at a rate of 10% of their pay until the full loan is pa

VOA常速英语2008年-US Presidential Candidates Use Commercial Marke

By Jeffrey Young Washington 22 February 2008 Voters in the United States are presented with a number of so-called purchase decisions in the course of the presidential election process. In this segment of How America Elects, VOA's Jeffrey Young looks

学个词Learn a Word 第650期 Commercial

今天我们要学的词是commercial。 Commercial, 作为名词，是商业广告的意思。2月1号星期天是美式足球超级杯。美国人看超级杯，不光是看比赛，更多的人是看广告。 Almost everyone can recall some Super

未偿贷款 outstanding loans

由于银根紧缩，企业贷款融资受到很大限制，小企业更是首当其冲。为了扶植小企业的发展，银监会近日表示，监管部门对小企业不良贷款率的容忍度可以提高到5%。 请看新华社的报道： Out

Bad loans at Chinese commercial banks fall in 2010

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's banking watchdog said Wednesday Chinese domestic commercial banks' balance of non-performing loans (NPL) decreased（减少） 14 percent through 2010 to stand at 429.3 billion yuan (65.17 billion U.S. dollars) at

Chinese commercial banks go "intelligent"

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua)-- When a customer fumbled with a touch-and-go machine at a bank in downtown Beijing, a smiling receptionist jokingly asked him if he was a spy. You must be an employee from another bank trying to study our intelligent banking

VOA标准英语2010年-Group Provides Small Loans to Low Inco

Micro lending for small businesses is common in some countries, especially in the developing world. But with the economic recession, micro lending is growing in the United States because it's difficult to get a bank loan to start a small business, es

Commercial Insurance for Taxies Needed

In the event of an accident, taxi drivers face possible bankruptcy since many are not protected by commercial insurance, and would be required to pay not only compensation to the accident victim, but also a penalty from the traffic administration. [P

Wenzhou's small firms still struggle to obtain loans

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Medium- and small-sized enterprises in Wenzhou are finding bank loans increasingly hard to obtain as the city's banks face a rising non-performing loan (NPL) ratio. The NPL ratio of the banking industry in the east China c

US Space Program Goes Commercial

This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage（航行） to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t

China real estate loans see rapid growth in Q3

China real estate loans see rapid growth in Q3 BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Financial institutions stepped up lending to the real estate sector in the third quarter as the result of a warming market, statistics from the central bank showed Monday. Fi

IMF Gets Hundreds of Billions More for Emergency Loans

Nations around the world are pledging more money for emergency loans to help member nations of the International Monetary Fund cope with any new economic crisis. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the me