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President Barack Obama has imposed pay limits on executives of banks and other companies that receive government bailout money to avoid collapse. 美国总统奥巴马对于为了避免倒闭而接受政府救援资金的银行和其他公司的高层主
By Brian Wagner Miami 06 April 2007 The leaders of Cuba and Venezuela, are criticizing President Bush's recent call to increase biofuel production, because of what they say is the potential impact on food supplies beyond U.S. borders. VOA's Brian Wag
By Kent Klein Washington 29 March 2008 Republicans and Democrats agree that help is needed for the sagging U.S. housing market and the ailing American economy in general. But President Bush and a Democratic lawmaker have made it clear they differ on
U.S. President George Bush has invited both presidential candidates and the Congressional leadership to the White House in hopes of securing a deal to help the nation's ailing financial sector. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the president urged public
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso meet Saturday with President Bush in a bid for a global overhaul of the world's financial structure. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports that Washington may be less enthu
U.S. President Barack Obama is continuing his campaign to reform the American health care system. He is urging the nation's doctors to put aside their skepticism and back changes that he says are needed to bring skyrocketing medical costs under cont
President Barack Obama scored his first major political victory with the passage of a $787-billion stimulus package, which he will sign into law this week. Although many economists now agree that a stimulus was needed to jolt the ailing economy, som
World markets were mostly lower on Wednesday amid more dire U.S. economic news and a move by Germany to facilitate bank nationalization. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up one-tenth of a percent, while other U.S. indexes were just slightly lowe
Obama Africa Trip is Effort to Re-engage With Continent Obama has spent less than 24 hours in sub-Saharan Africa, an all-too short visit to Ghana in 2009. He spoke to Ghana's parliament about democracy, opportunity and peaceful resolution of conflict
Full coverage: Chinas Leaders China has become Argentinas second largest trading partner and a major source of investment. Argentina is Chinas fifth largest trading partner in Latin America. The relation is further fueled by the major economic agreem
U.S. President Barack Obama met on Tuesday at the White House with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The session helped set the stage for the upcoming London meeting of the world's 20 leading developed and emerging economies. 美国总统奥巴马星
Fidel Castro retires after 49 years in power 执政四十九年,古巴强人卡斯楚宣布退休 Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in a statement on Feb. 19 that he would not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retir
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 08 February 2008 Politicians could be making the economic slowdown in the U.S. worse than it really is by constantly reminding voters that the economy needs fixing. This is the view of some analysts who say that because c
With congressional hearings set Thursday and Friday of this week in advance of a vote on lending money to the beleaguered U.S. auto industry, General Motors says it needs money almost immediately. VOA's Barry Wood has more on the controversy over go
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says the British economy will likely fall into recession this year and the largest economies on continental Europe will not fare much better. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown un
By Kurt Achin Seoul 03 August 2007 Afghan doctors say they may soon get a chance to visit South Korean hostages held by the Taleban in Afghanistan. Two of the surviving 21 hostages are reported to be gravely ill, and South Korean and Afghan officials
Republican presidential candidate John McCain campaigned in the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado Friday, hoping to turn his political fortunes around with only 10 days before Election Day. 共和党总统候选人约翰麦凯恩星期五在落基山的
As the financial crisis claimed more victims this week on Wall Street, the rest of the world's markets and banks have been in turmoil. In Britain, 45,000 banking jobs are now in jeopardy. 这个星期,随着华尔街 一家又一家的金融机构在
Stock markets in Asia have followed the downward trend set by Wall Street as fears mount over the state of the ailing global economy. The Australian government says it is hopeful that a coordinated response to the world's economic problems will emerg
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 15 May 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks during a press conference after the closing session of the Expanded Ministerial Conference for the Neighbors of Iraq, 04 May 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Ri