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What is Your Recovery Rate ? By Graham Harris What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you to recover, the more influence that inciden

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VOA标准英语10月-US Cuts Key Interest Rate to Stave Off Economic D

The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, on Wednesday cut short-term interest rates in an effort to boost the slowing economy. VOA's Barry Wood reports it was the eighth cut in the overnight federal funds rate in the past year. United States Fede

2017年CRI Beijing launches medical reform, separating hospital service from pharmacy

A flie photo of pharmacy [File photo: Chinanews.com] A new medical reform program is officially underway in Beijing as of this Saturday, with expectations the policy changes will end up giving patients more healthcare options and more access to the m

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This is Bob Smith from Channel 13 News. I'm at the scene of a miraculous rescue that occurred earlier today involving a fire, a 3-month-old baby, and the baby's dog, Lucky. Uh, the fire broke out at the three-story building behind me. Uh, unfortunate

Recording of Children Crying Adds to Anger over US Policy

An audio recording was published Monday that appears to capture the voices of young children crying out for the parents at a U.S. immigration detention center. The audio file was first published by the nonprofit news group ProPublica. The recording a

S Korea freezes key rate at 2.25%

SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday decided to leave the key interest rate at the current level of 2.25 percent for the third straight month. In its monthly monetary（货币的） committee meeting, the Bank of Korea re

VOA标准英语2008年-US Army Suicide Rate Continues to Rise

By Al Pessin Pentagon 29 May 2008 The U.S. Army reported Thursday that the suicide rate among its soldiers continued to rise last year, and is now nearly double the rate recorded before the invasion of Iraq. But they say last year's increase was not

VOA标准英语2012--US Hiring Slows in March But Unemployment Rate Dips

US Hiring Slows in March But Unemployment Rate Dips American companies hired fewer workers in March but the nation's unemployment rate dipped slightly lower to 8.2 percent. Economists say that's because fewer people looked for work. Despite the slowd

美国国家公共电台 NPR Homeland Security Secretary Defends Separating Families Who Cross Border Illegally

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Department of Homeland Security is defending the Trump administration's tough stance on immigration. Kirstjen Nielsen says her agency is simply enforcing laws already on the books, and she is responding to critics who say

美国国家公共电台 NPR John Kelly On Trump, The Russia Investigation And Separating Immigrant Families

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: General John Kelly is at the center of what is arguably the most turbulent presidential administration in modern times. A decorated four-star Marine Corps general with four decades in the service, he serves as chief of staff in t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Protesters Across The U.S. Decry Policy Of Separating Immigrant Families

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Protesters are gathering in more than two dozen cities across the country to condemn the practice of separating immigrant parents and children at the southern border. At least 600 children were taken from their parents last month

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沉湎过去,就无法与今天同行,明天因而也成了一个遥遥的无期。 沉湎过去，就无法让我们的每天过得精彩，痛苦因而成了一个咒语无法摆脱。 What is Your Recovery Rate? What is your recovery rate? How lon

US Now Has Developed World's Highest Corporate Tax Rate

The United States, with the world's-largest economy, now has claimed the dubious distinction of having the industrialized world's highest corporate tax rate. Japan dropped its corporate tax rate slightly on Sunday, to just more than 38 percent. That

China Not to Actively Debase Yuan Rate

The People's Bank of China's governor Zhou Xiaochuan says the Renminbi won't be actively depreciated to regain national competitiveness. Zhou was speaking during a recent International Monetary Conference in Shanghai, when he also suggested that now

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U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

日本政府关注本国孩子出生率

According to the Washington Post of September 26, Japan's government has been paying more attention to the nations fertility rate, which influences the country's economic development。 The coastal region of Fukui has Japan's biggest share of dual-in

EU Calls for Criminal Penalties on Interest-Rate Rigging

The European Union says manipulating a benchmark interest rate in London should be a criminal offense. The EU called Wednesday for its 27 member states to set criminal penalties for rigging interest rates to affect the LIBOR [London Interbank Offered

CCTV9英语新闻：Wall Street up after Fed interest rate hike fears eased

Wall Street ended slighter higher on Wednesday after fears eased that the Federal Reserve would strongly signal plans for a June interest rate hike. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 0.3 percent. The SP 500 gained 0.16 percent. The Nasdaq C