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Vice-Finance Minister Shi Yaobin said that China will simplify value-added tax (VAT) rates in the future to ease company tax burdens. 财政部副部长史耀斌近日表示,未来我国将简化增值税税率,以减轻企业税负。 The curren
JEFFREY BROWN:And now to the continuing debate over the government's role in the economy and the decisions taken in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Earlier this week, we aired a conversation with David Stockman, a businessman and former White
今天我们要学的词是rip-off。 Rip-off, 做为名词,指一件产品、服务要价过高,或质量太差。 Our credit card company hiked the interest rates to 24%. It's a total rip-off, 我们的信用卡公司把利率提高到24%,太宰
EDUCATION REPORT - Trying to Get More Students to Finish High SchoolBy Brianna Blake Broadcast: Thursday, June 08, 2006 I'm Mario Ritter with the VOA Special English Education Report. Many young peopl
BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Researchers from California, Unated States, found that sexual orientation could play a role in cancer and more gay men are reported being cancer survivors(幸存者) than straight men, according to findings in the journ
拉丁美洲仍是最不平等,最不安全的地区 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Latin America remained the most unequal and most insecure region in the world, said a UN report released Tuesday, calling for efforts to reduce insecurity thro
The United States has warned that far too many Americans underestimate their risk for HIV or mistakenly believe the virus that causes AIDS is no longer a serious health threat. A statement was issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. fixed mortgage rates declined for a second consecutive week as housing construction data fell short of market expectation, a survey showed on Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) slid to 4.27 percent i
今天我们要学的词是level off。 To level off, 是稳定下来的意思。 At some major banks, the number of bad loans is starting to level off, 一些大银行的坏帐案例正在逐步稳定下来。 最新研究发现, U.S. obesity rate
One of the Federal Reserves rate-setters has described the case for a further increase in short-term interest rates as compelling, arguing that the trends for employment and inflation are in the right direction. 美联储(Fed)利率制定者之一称,
世界银行:美国经济增长加快 Many economists say U. S. growth will speed up a bit over the next year, which will likely make it easier for other nations to sell their products in the worlds biggest economy. Surging energy production is cut
BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhuanet) -- American Cancer Society discloses that higher education appears to be a game changer when it comes to cancer, according to foreign media reports on Sunday. The research indicates that the gap is widening in cancer deat
The prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate rise this month receded further yesterday after a senior policymaker set out a series of arguments for not rushing into an increase. 美联储(Federal Reserve)本月加息的可能性昨日进一步减小
WASHINGTON, May 3 (Xinhua) -- People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(预防) (CDC). In 2009, nearly one
This is what it sounds like when doves cry. By the time the Federal Reserve announced that its target interest rates would not, after all, be rising this month, it came as little surprise. But its reasoning did, and means that investors focus will mo
Indias Central Bank has cut interest rates for the first time in three years to give fresh momentum to a slowing economy. The government hopes it will revive confidence in an economy that many fear is losing its sheen. The Central Bank announced Tues
For the second year running, the US Federal Reserve has rudely interrupted the Chinese Communist partys annual economic planning meeting, which ends today. 美联储(Fed)连续第二年不客气地打断中国共产党的年度经济规划会议。今年
The European Central Bank lowered its benchmark interest rate Thursday to a record 1.0 percent. The move by the bank to help stimulate Europe's economy came as France and Germany urged other European leaders to adopt their eurozone crisis plan at a k
JUDY WOODRUFF: World stock and currency markets were rocked for a second straight day today, as China continued to devalue its currency, the yuan. While the drop is not expected to have a big affect on most Americans, and the tumult on Wall Street ha