西班牙公共行政改革节省了10亿美元

西班牙公共行政改革节省了10亿美元 MADRID, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday that so far the reform in public administration sector has saved the country 7.384 billion euros (10.072 billion U.S. doll

AP 2011-02-17

1. Egypt's military leaders have met two key demands of anti-government protesters, dissolving parliament and suspending the constitution. After nearly three weeks of protests, President Hosni Mubarak resigned on Friday, leaving the military to be th

AP 2011-02-18

1. It's the battle of the budgets with Republicans calling President Barack Obama's deficit cutting plans too timid. His spending plan adds to deficits this year and next. The GOP is saying Americans want dramatic cuts. 2. Egypt's ruling military cou

AP 2011-07-23

Some Senate Republicans may be softening the opposition to new tax revenues as part of the deficit cutting plan .Many of them are giving a warm reception to the bipartisan plan put forward by the gang of six senators from both parties.President Barac

AP 2011-04-22

1. Stocks plunged as Standard Poor's Rating Service lowered the long term outlook on US debt to negative from stable. SP says it has little confidence that Washington will produce a deficit reduction plan before the 2012 elections. 2. North Carolina

AP 2012-02-17

1. Sources say Whitney Houston's body will be taken home to New Jersey late Monday for a funeral to be held at week's end. Meanwhile police say Houston was found in a tub and unconscious in a Beverly Hills hotel Saturday. It could be weeks before a c

VOA慢速英语 2008 0315

IN THE NEWS - 'Private Failings': The Rise, and Sudden Fall, of Eliot Spitzer New York's governor built his political life on fighting corruption. He resigns after being identified as a client of a prostitution business. Transcript of radio broadcas

VOA慢速英语 2007 1012a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Weak or strong. Which is better? If the question is about the American dollar, the answer depends on whom you ask. The dollar has been weakening against several major currencies. One euro is currentl

VOA慢速英语 2008 0208a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Bush holds a laptop computer showing the electronic version of his 2009 budget This week, President Bush sent Congress the final budget of his presidency. The spending plan for two thousand

巴西宣布削减开支和开征新税

AS IT IS 2015-09-19 Brazil Announces Spending Cuts, New Taxes 巴西宣布削减开支和开征新税 President Dilma Rouseff speaks about proposed budget cuts in Brasilia. The government is seeking to reduce a deficit in the 2016 budget. The governm

VOA慢速英语2016 下一位美国总统面临的经济问题

Next US President Faces Economic Concerns 下一位美国总统面临的经济问题 Many Americans want the presidential election campaign to end as quickly as possible. 美国民众都盼望总统大选能够早日结束。 Political observers say

经济学人331:共和党的预算草案

THE Republican majority in the House of Representatives called its budget proposal The path to prosperity: A blueprint for American renewal. Whether it would live up to that billing we will never know, as Democratic opposition in the Senate will prev

美国国家公共电台 NPR Is This The Right Time For a Big Tax Cut?

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Republicans are smoothing out the details of their tax overhaul legislation. They're hoping for final passage this month. They say the changes will lead to more jobs, more investment. Most economists, though, are questioning

Ireland Aims to Be First to Exit International Bailout

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny says Ireland is aiming to be the first to exit its international bailout and resume financing its government operations on its own. Kenny told an international economic forum Friday in Dublin that Ireland is recovering

经济学人108:预算趣录 国会无力控制开支

Lexington 莱克星顿 Fun on a budget 预算趣录 Congress is incapable of restraining spending. It should let the president try 国会无力控制开支，也许该放手让总统一试 AT THE end of Barack Obama's budget, which was published on F

Teenage skater Li buds at national winter games

CHANGCHUN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hosts favorite Li Zijun emerged as a corp of cream at the women's singles figure skating as the teenage sensation wound up with three titles from the 12th National Winter Games of China here on Friday. The 15-year-old Ch

VOA慢速英语20060602a

ECONOMICS REPORT - Bush Nominates Paulson to Lead TreasuryBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, June 02, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Bush has named Henry

Europeans Brace for Hard Times, Economic Woes

As economic crises intensify in Europe, governments are cutting budgets and ordinary people are tightening their belts. Even richer countries, like the Netherlands, are bracing for hard times to come. Amsterdam's residents took full advantage of the

经济学人253:美国研发战略 医学受阻

Science and technology 科学技术 R D in America 美国研发战略 Bad medicine 医学受阻 Cutting American health research will harm the world 美国削减医药研究经费，影响波及整个地球 BARACK OBAMA, in his state-of-the-union spe

Obama, Lawmakers Hold Round Four of Debt Talks

President Barack Obama along with several Republican and Democratic congressional leaders held a fourth round of negotiations in as many days Wednesday at the White House aimed at achieving a deficit reduction and debt compromise. With media reports