Arizona Sold to Canada:

It’s All Things Considered. I’m Renee Montaine and I’m Robert Siegal. 2) NPR has learned of the largest foreign investment in the United States 3) to date. The government of Canada has purchased

NPR 2011-06-28

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is convicted at his corruption retrial, with a jury finding him guilty a short time ago on 17 of the 20 charges against him. Those include all 11 charges related to his attempt to sell or trade President Obama

NPR 2011-11-15

A long-anticipated legal battle over the country's health care law is now slated to unfold before the nation's highest court. The US Supreme Court decides next year whether Congress acted within its constitutional authority in passing a law that requ

CNN 2010-01-30

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

CNN 2011-11-23

It's Tuesday. I am C.C. And this is CNN Student News. This is our last show this week, but we have a lot of ground to cover before the thanksgiving break. So let's go ahead get to it. First up, New York officials arrest a man they say was planning a

NPR 2010-01-27

From NPR News in Washington, Im Giles Snyder. The uncertainty surrounding the fate of General Motor's Saab brand is over. GM says the Dutch carmaker Spyker is buying Saab. Details of the deal are unclear, but the purchase price is reported to be $400

CRI 中国国际广播电台 2010-06-05

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Japanese lawmakers elect Naoto Kan as the country's new prime minister, following the resignation of Yukio Hatoyama. The death toll from the huge residential fire in

AP 2011-11-24

1. The White House is urging Congress to act. That is the deficit reduction super committee gets closer and closer to facing failure. The panel has until Wednesday to approve a plan with 1.2 trillion in deficit reduction. 2. Egypt's State Television

NPR 2010-06-21

President Obama's chief of staff says there is a political opportunity for the White House to pass a robust new energy bill following the Gulf Coast disaster. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports. Rahm Emanuel, never known for mincing words, says there is a chan

经济学人:自由兑换:欧元区的经常账户盈余(1)

Greece's third bail-out programme came to an end on August 20th. 希腊第三次救市计划于8月20日结束。 A look at the causes of the country's near-decade of crisis illustrates how external imbalances can reflect underlying troubles. 希腊近

China, U.S. unveil report on trade data discrepancy

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The commerce authorities of China and the United States on Friday unveiled a report on a statistical discrepancy in merchandise trade, saying the discrepancy's share in bilateral trade is dropping. The report was based on

India Cuts Interest Rate for First Time in 3 Years

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

Winners, losers both gain from Winter YOG

INNSBRUCK, Austria, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games is not only a memorable moment for winners, but also a learning process for losers, since all the competitors here are young. Chinese speed skating prodigy Yang Fan coll

经济金融术语汉英对照表 C

C 财务公司 finance companies 财政赤字 fiscal deficit 财政挤银行 fiscal pressure on the central bank（over monetary policy） 财政政策与货币政策的配合 coordination of fiscal and monetary policies 采取循序渐进的方法 i

意大利总理莱塔赢得信任投票

意大利总理莱塔赢得信任投票 ROME - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote on the 2014 budget, reinforcing his coalition government a day before the Senate is expected to ban centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from pa

Russia Must Reduce Oil Dependence, Diversify

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that Russia, the world's largest oil producer, needs to reduce its reliance on oil revenues and diversify its economy to keep it stable. The IMF's managing director, Christine Lagarde, said Tuesd

Government Workers Strike in Britain

Hundreds of thousands of medical workers, teachers, border guards and other public sector employees went on strike Wednesday in Britain to protest government plans to reduce their pension benefits. Most public schools and other services were closed W

中英双语新闻 骑自行车健康益处远超尾气危害

Hello, I'm Marion Marshall with the BBC news. The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has told the BBC she is the innocent victim of efforts to unseat her a week before the senate vote of whether to hold an impeachment trial. She denies allegations of

经济学人306:酒醉以酒解 A Hair of The Dog

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

经济学人387:鸣金收兵 美国公司的利润可能已达到本周期内的最高值

Buttonwood 梧桐树专栏 Sound the retreat 鸣金收兵 Profits in America may have peaked for this cycle 美国公司的利润可能已达到本周期内的最高值 ARE corporate profits at last running out of steam? The lead-up to the first-quar