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How Crime Rates In New York City Reached Record Lows RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Not long ago, New York City in movies and TV shows, in music and in the popular imagination, was a dangerous, chaotic and disorderly place. The number of murders in New York peake
Breast, Cervical Cancers Rates Rising Worldwide Women all over the world are at increased risk of developing breast and cervical cancers. A new study finds that, for reasons not yet understood, the incidence of these cancers is up in most countries,
This has not been a good week for the U.S. Stock Market. Monday and Tuesday stocks were flat for the most part. There wasn't a huge change in closing prices for the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 significant stocks. But Wednesday, stocks took a d
By David Gollust Santiago 11 March 2006 Michelle Bachelet has been sworn in as Chile's first elected woman president. The inauguration in the Pacific coast city of Valparaiso drew leaders and official
AS IT IS 2014-01-04 US, Japanese Stocks Rise in 20132013年美国日本股市强势走高 From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. 美国之音慢速学英语节目,这里是新闻报道。 Stock prices in the United States and Japan rose sh
By Barry Wood Washington 03 December 2007 The Bush administration has outlined measures intended to avoid a massive and potentially politically damaging wave of home foreclosures. VOA's Barry Wood has more from Washington. Treasury Secretary Henry Pa
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 09 June 2006 watch Inflation report Stock market analysts say worries over inflation and interest rates are behind the steep sell-offs seen on Wall Street this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell Wednesday to i
1. Same sex marriage is now legal in Minnesota and Rhode Island. Both states began issuing marriage licenses on Thursday. 2. Ariel Castro goes to court in Cleveland on Thursday, to be sentenced for kidnapping three women, raping them and holding them
By Crystal Park Washington, DC 26 July 2006 watch Fashion Market report The traditional clients of the fashion houses of Paris, Milan and other fashion capitals have been adults with the means to pay top dollar for designer labels. In recent years,
By Barry Wood Washington 10 January 2008 The head of the U.S. central bank, Ben Bernanke, said Thursday that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates if the economy weakens further. VOA's Barry Wood reports. Bernanke said the housing market is con
The International Maritime Bureau said the international anti-piracy campaign off the coast of Somalia has reduced the number of successful ship hijackings this year. Suspected pirates wait in Mombassa, Kenya on 10 Mar 2009 after being handed over t
Premature Babies Have Higher Death Rates in Young Adulthood 早产儿成年后死亡风险高 Premature babies have more than their share of health problems early in life and now a new study finds they also face an increased risk of premature death w
World Prematurity Day Aims to Lower Rates of Premature Births This tiny newborn is one of more than 15 million babies who start their lives with a major disadvantage...being born too soon. Preterm birth is the greatest killer of newborns around the w
Alright, you people cutting fifty basis points on the fed funds rate, / fifty basis points on the discount rate. And now the question did they get it right. Well, who better to ask than two people who have been in that room in their frist television
Today, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, dropped the official cash rate by ? of 1 percent to 7.5%. This rate affects how much the banks have to pay to borrow money overnight from the Reserve Bank. If the banks pay less, they can drop
By Benjamin Sand Kabul 08 August 2006 A reporter record sounds from burning of sacks of narcotic drugs during the biggest destruction of drugs in the history of Afghanistan on the outskirt of Kabul, July 5, 2006 The United Nations says addiction rat
By Jim Malone Washington 15 August 2006 Early indications are that moderates from both major political parties could be vulnerable in this year's U.S. congressional midterm elections. Incumbent party-endorsed Democratic US Senator Joseph Lieberman a
Indonesia's stock index plummeted more than 10 percent in one of the worst days of trading ever seen in Asia. In Tokyo, the key index closed more than nine-percent lower, the worst trading day since the global stock market crash in 1987. Katie Haman
It is another nervous day on the trading floors in Europe as various European banks dropped interest rates again. The move is designed to address fears that Europe could get caught up in a deep and difficult recession, spanning all of 2009. 随着欧洲
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 December 2007 The United Nations says India needs to reduce child mortality rates. A new report by the U.N. Children's Fund or UNICEF, says one-fifth of the worldwide deaths of children under the age of five occur in t