美国国家公共电台 NPR HHS Inspector General's Report Finds Flaws And Fraud In U.S. Hospice Care

NOEL KING, HOST: Hospice services can offer some peace at the end of life, helping to relieve pain and providing emotional support. But a new government report highlights the ways in which some hospices cheat Medicare and neglect patients. NPR's Ina

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The Haitian government says many homeless Haitians are being moved to safer areas after being taken out of the destroyed city of Port-au-Prince, where the recent earthquake did its worst damage. On Friday, VOA's Melinda Smith talked with U.S. Health

美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Things To Listen For At The Hearing With Trump's HHS Nominee

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to one of Donald Trump's most politically important Cabinet picks. Georgia Congressman Tom Price goes before the Senate Health Committee today to make the case that he should be the next secretary of Health and Human Services

美国国家公共电台 NPR Communities Key To Fighting Opioid Crisis, HHS Secretary Says

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration is making new moves to combat a national health crisis. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental death in our country. And opioid ov

2015年CRI Alibaba Breaks 11.11 Sales Record With 14 Billion USD

That was Professor Liu Baocheng from the University of International Business and Economics speaking with CRI's Wang Mengzhen.

France's Vivendi sells NBC stake for 3.8 bln USD

PARIS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- French telecom giant Vivendi said Wednesday it has sold its remaining stake in NBC(美国全国广播公司) Universal to U.S. General Electric (GE) for 3.8 billion U.S. dollars. Vivendi has concluded ... the sale of the re

China, Mercosur eye 200-billion-USD trade in 2016

MENDOZA, Argentina, June 29 (Xinhua) -- China and South American trading bloc Mercosur pledged here Friday to further promote economic cooperation and trade and to lift bilateral trade to 200 billion U.S. dollars in 2016. The target was announced in

2012 oil price to be about 100 USD per barrel

HOUSTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is expected to be about 100 U.S. dollars per barrel in 2012, five dollars per barrel higher than the average price in 2011, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (

IMF approves 2.11 bln USD new funding to Ireland

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Friday that it has completed the third review of Ireland's economic performance that enables the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to 1.32 billion IMF specia

China's yuan advances to 6.5881 per USD Tuesday

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of yuan, the Chinese currency, Tuesday gained 2 points to 6.5881 against the U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading（外汇交易） System. China's central bank announced in

China's yuan strengthens to 6.3997 against USD Monday

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, strengthens 35 basis points to 6.3997 per U.S. dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system. In China's foreign exchange spot market, the yuan is all

China's yuan hits news high against USD Monday

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, Monday gained 15 basis points from the previous(以前的) trading day to hit a new high of 6.4988 per U.S. dollar. The yuan first broke the symbolic 6.50 ratio against the

Central bank starts 4.8 bln USD repurchase operation

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Tuesday started a 28-day repurchase operation worth 30 billion yuan (4.8 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time since June, according to a statement on its website. A repurchase oper

U.S. federal govt to borrow 592 bln USD in second half 2012

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

2017年CRI Chinese yuan weakens against USD after 11-day rise

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency weakened against the U.S. dollar two days in a row after a relaxation of controls on capital outflows, ending a record 11-day rise. China is pursuing a prudent and neutral monetary policy in 2017, apply

Obama requests 1.2 trillion USD rise in borrowing limit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama requested Congress Thursday to raise the federal government's borrowing limit by 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars, as the government is facing mounting budgetary pressure. It was the third and fina

China IPO market may hit 39 bln USD in 2012: auditor PwC

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