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Consumers are spending more apparently because they have to. The Commerce Department reports a 0.4% jump last month as people shelled out more money to buy food and fill up their gas tanks. Take[Taking] those two categories out of the mixing, consume
Greece's coalition government wins a vote of confidence today, but it's already facing divisions between the supporting parties. That would make it difficult to release money from Brussels Greece needs in order not to go bankrupt by Christmas. We hav
More children are being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at a higher rate than ever before. Coleen Boyle, a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the CDC has just released a report indicating an alarming increase.
Well, the big question for most taxpayers, are we getting the most bang out of our buck? Our next guest says that the answer to that is a big fat costly no. Jeffrey Miron has some pretty impressive credentials. He's a visiting professor in the Depart
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, come along to a high school reunion in Illinois. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A warm sun shines on Scammon Garden on th
The Fate of the Euro 欧元的命运 For the last three years, the Euro has been one of the strongest currencies in the world, in part, because of the belief that the underlying political structure of
BAMAKO, MALI Ibrahim Boubacar Keita became Mali's president-elect after his rival conceded defeat in the August 11 run-off. The successful vote means that billions of dollars of pledged international aid should soon be on their way to help rebuild th
A growing number of people think their job is useless. Time to rethink the meaning of work 越来越多的人认为自己的工作毫无用途,是时候重新思考工作的意义了 A great deal has been written in recent years about the perils of
AS IT IS 2015-09-29 Donald Trump Announces Tax Plan 唐纳德特朗普宣布减税计划 U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump would cut taxes for the poor and rich, he said in a plan announced Monday. Critics pointed out that he did not explain h
Transportation authorities in Europe are opening up more airspace to commercial airline flights despite some ongoing concern about the cloud of volcanic ash that has been lingering over the continent for days. The flights will be restricted to so-cal
From NPR news in Washington, Im Carl Kasell. The Federal Reserve is expected to announce another cut in interest rates later today, but analysts remain divided on how far the Fed will go. NPRs Dave Mattingly reports. The question on Wall Street isnt
President Obama today called for a new consumer protection agency as part of his sweeping effort to rewrite the financial rules of the road and avoid future economic meltdowns. NPR's John Ydstie reports. Speaking to an audience in the East Room of th
The latest numbers on the housing market show at least a little improvement. The National Association realtor says the sale of existing homes rose 4 percent for the month before. This after association yesterday revised the sale of past 4 years downw
Free exchange 自由交易 The great trailblazer 伟大的开拓者 Economists everywhere should mourn the passing of Gary Becker 世界各地的经济学家都该对加里贝克尔的离世表示哀悼 IF THERE is one person to blame for economists'
AMERICANS looking for a new car nowadays often use online price-comparison sites such as AutoTrader, Edmunds and eBay to find the best deal. Most such sites charge dealers a small fee for passing on sales leads from shoppers who have submitted their
AFTER three years of stagnant loan growth, The Peoples Bank in Coldwater, Ohio, has noticed a change. Clients who two years ago would not have qualified for a loan now find that they can. One customer who was working for only 35 hours a week two year
China 亚洲中国 Housing 房产 Why grumble? 为何怨声载道? silver lining to the housing cloud 房产疑云的一线希望 JUST how bad is China's housing bubble? One important measurethe most important for those trying to get a foot on the
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Disputes and reorderings of much the same type can be found in all the other realms of the living, 同样的争吵,同样的重新分类,也发生在所有别的生物领域, so keeping an overall tally is not nearly as straightforward a matter