VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - US Treasury Details

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week American Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced details of a plan aimed at removing billions of dollars in bad debts from American banks. The government program has two parts. One involve

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-18

The local share market finished higher today, taking gains to three straight weeks. Both the All Ordinaries and the ASX 200 closed up about 0.75 per cent higher. Shares in Santos gained three per cent after the energy company issued 900 million dolla

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-07

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is urging European leaders to implement economic reforms at this week's EU summit. In a sign of just how bad the situation is in Europe, the ratings agency Standard Poor's has said it's reviewing almost every eu

VOA双语新闻：美国财长在欧洲讨论金融危机

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is urging a common, coordinated approach to dealing with global financial reforms and says Europe must act quickly, and with force, to reassure markets that the euro-currency crisis will not spread. The Americ

VOA双语新闻：美中战略与经济对话有分歧有进步

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says differences remain, but the United States and China made progress in high-level talks this week in Beijing. 为期两天的美中战略与经济对话在北京落下了帷幕。美国财政部长盖特纳说

VOA标准英语2009-US Treasury Secretary Assures China Its Doll

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is reassuring the Chinese government that its huge holdings of dollar assets are safe. As evidence of the importance of the Sino-American relationship, China is Secretary Geithner's only destination on this t

VOA标准英语 US Treasury Secretary Says Confidence Returning to C

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has defended the Obama administration's program to rescue financially troubled banks. Secretary Geithner spoke before a congressional panel overseeing the massive bailout. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

VOA标准英语2012--IMF Seeking Additional Funding From Member Nations

IMF Seeking Additional Funding From Member Nations Despite a slowly improving outlook, the global financial system remains fragile. The IMF's Christine Lagarde uses a weather analogy to describe the risks. We are seeing a light recovery blowing in a

VOA标准英语2010年-US Treasury Chief in Europe for Talks

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, right, listens as US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at a joint press conference at 11 Downing Street, in London, 26 May 2010 U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is urging a common

VOA双语新闻：美中经济与战略对话落幕

An unprecedented two-day dialogue of top U.S. and Chinese officials ended in Washington Tuesday with pledges by the two governments to work more closely together on political, economic and environmental issues. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said

VOA双语新闻：盖特纳：中国持有美元资产很安全

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is reassuring the Chinese government that its huge holdings of dollar assets are safe. 美国财政部长盖特纳向中国政府重申，北京持有的巨额美元资产是安全的。 As evidence of the imp

VOA双语新闻：盖特纳：经济在改善，仍需努力

The Obama administration is hailing recent improvements in U.S. economic indicators, but says more must be done to put the United States on solid economic footing. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proclaimed the risk of financial collapse to be ov

VOA双语新闻：美国宣布加强监管金融市场计划

The Obama administration has announced plans to impose greater regulation and oversight on financial markets to reduce systemic risk and avoid a repeat of the current financial meltdown. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced more details of t

学个词Learn a Word 第664期 About-face

今天我们要学的词是about-face。 About-face, 是改变方向的意思。华盛顿邮报说，就在财政部长盖特纳公布解决不良资产的相关计划的几天前， Treasury Secretary Geithner and his team made a sudden about-face, 财

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Administration Defends Budget, Economic P

In appearances before Congress on Tuesday, Obama administration officials have defended the president's budget and economic recovery plans. Testimony by President Barack Obama's Budget Director, Peter Orszag, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

VOA标准英语2009-China, US Work Together to Combat Financial

Chinese President Hu Jintao says he appreciates US efforts to work together with China to combat the global financial crisis. His comments came Tuesday in a meeting with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Treasury Secretary Timothy G

VOA双语新闻：美财长盖特纳称金融市场正在康复

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the Obama administration is making progress in calming financial markets. Testifying before the Senate Banking committee, Geithner said a program to help banks and other financial institutions get rid of

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马称在阿保持攻势至关重要

President Barack Obama says it is important for the United States to stay on the offensive in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama spoke after meeting with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Afghanistan, the world economic crisis and other topics. 美国总统奥

VOA双语新闻：美监管者望获更大授权应对危机

America's top financial officials say they need broad new powers to regulate companies like insurance giant AIG, which are partly blamed for the country's financial crisis. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

学个词Learn a Word 第1422期　go along with

今天我们要学的词是go along with。 Go along with, 意思是赞同，附和。美国财政部长盖特纳上周访问北京。 Geithner's main goal in Beijing was to convince China to go along with new U.S. sanctions against Iran's oil indust