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As an Indo-Pacific nation, the U.S. has significant strategic and economic interests in the region. The U.S. west coast through the Bay of Bengal represents more than half the global population and more than half of the global economy observed Deputy
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New York city is in the process of making that subway system even bigger.It is adding a new line.It is a part of the city's first major subway expension in fifty years.New York transportation official say once it is done,the new line will help produc
By Barry Wood Budget director Joshua Bolton says the deficit will be some $70 billion less than projected because a strong economy is bringing in more tax revenue. Instead of the $521 billion shortfal
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is making changes in the seven hundred billion dollar rescue plan for the financial industry. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaking to reporters Wednesday in Wash
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Employers in the United States expect to hire almost twenty percent more college graduates this year than last year. So says the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The group says employe
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An endowment is money from donations and investments. Colleges use endowment money for student aid and campus improvements, and for financial security. But college costs in the United States have bee
AS IT IS 2015-01-20 Oxfam: Richest One Percent to Own Half of the World's Wealth 乐施会:1%最富有的人拥有世界上一半的财富 A report from the nonprofit group Oxfam says the richest one percent of people in the world will have a majorit
A donors' meeting in Brussels Friday has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for Kosovo, to help it get on its feet. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from Paris. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (L) and Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci at press conference
Water 水资源 All dried up 全面干涸 Northern China is running out of water, but the governments remedies are potentially disastrous 中国北方水资源渐耗尽,政府举措存风险 Oct 12th 2013 | BEIJING |From the print edition CHINA end
The decision by Scotland to stay in the UK reduces the risk of financial instability in Europe, so as the British pound has hit a two-year high against the Euro. And it's up against the Australian dollar and the greenback. It's been a positive sessio
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhuanet) -- The pace of China's import growth in June fell to its lowest level in 20 months as tightening monetary policies kicked in, resulting in the biggest monthly trade surplus this year, official statistics show. Import grow
Uber has upended the transportation industry in the span of a few years. But the ride-hailing company has been losing a lot of money while doing so. 优步(Uber)在短短几年内颠覆了运输业。但这样做的同时,这家召车公司一直在大
President Barack Obamas proposed government budget calls for a slightly higher U.S. deficit for the remainder of this year, then a smaller deficit next year. The president will unveil his budget plan on Monday. An outline of the presidents budget, re
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that the federal government expected to borrow 592 billion U.S. dollars from the market to fund its operation in the second half of this year, fresh evidence of the budgeta
In our lifetimes, we could see the first trillionaire. 有生之年,我们可能会看到第一位万亿富翁。 And, most likely, that first trillionaire would be Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. 这位万亿富翁很可能就是微软公司的联合
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China National Gold Group Corp. (CNGGC) said Monday that its first-half sales surged 61.44 percent year on year to 49.45 billion yuan (7.85 billion U.S. dollars), fulfilling 61.8 percent of its annual target. The Beijing-b
BHP has surprised the markets, almost doubling its half-year profit. Net profit for six months to December reached nine billion dollars. That's an 83 percent jump on the previous period. Now it's good news for the company's Chief Executive Andrew Mac
SHANGHAI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Funds raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges is expected to reach 200 to 250 billion yuan (39.3 billion U.S. dollars) this year, top auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers
本期内容: Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba, a Chinese internet giant, raised $4.5 billion, largely from state-backed investorsthe biggest-ever private-funding round for a tech company. Ant runs Alipay, which handles more than half of Chin