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ECONOMICS REPORT - Citigroup's Prince Resigns as CEO By Mario Ritter / Broadcast: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, we told you about big losses at the investment bank Merrill Lynch. But the lo
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. United Nations officials now say fewer people than they thought are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Last year, the agency known as UNAIDS estimated that thirty-nine and one-half million people
AS IT IS 2015-07-07 Extremely Dry Weather Raises HIV Risk 极端干旱天气与艾滋病传播的关系 Could saving money reduce the spread of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus? A new study finds protecting people from financial hardship may red
US Student on 'Budget' Tour Held in N. Korea An American student has been arrested in North Korea. The arrest is the latest in a series of arrests of U.S. citizens. Analysts say North Korea uses the citizens as bargaining chips. The student is Otto F
'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis In 2008, two big Wall Street firms, or companies that trade money and investments, collapsed. The U.S. economy plunged into the Great Recession. That meant the economy was weak and many people lost
Dont Be Fooled 不要被愚弄了 And that brings us to the end of another Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Just kidding! To kid. To tease. To joke and fool around. They all mean about the same thing. If you kid, you make fun in a p
Young loggerhead sea turtles routinely migrate thousands of miles. But these turtles are starting their migration a bit early while still in the egg. In a typical year, as many as half of all baby sea turtles may die. Sea birds swoop down and snatch
ECONOMICS REPORT - Hedge Funds Let Wealthy Investors Take Risks for ProfitsBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: 2006骞?鏈?6鏃? I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many people know
All right. So we keep hearing that America's image is in the dumps overseas, then why, why, why, why are so many foreigners investing so much money in America? Investment in this country hit a record
Hong Kongs first leveraged exchange traded funds have launched in a bid to tap Asian demand for structured products, even as western regulators are examining the mechanics of leveraged and other riskier forms of ETFs. 香港首批杠杆交易所交易基
COST OF LIVING Your money or your life. The choice traditionally presented by the highwayman is supposed to have only one sensible answer. Money is, after all, no use to a corpse. Yet economists often study something rather like the highwayman's offe
Four common bad habits combined smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet can age you by 12 years, a sobering new research suggests. 一项发人深省的新研究表明,吸烟、酗酒、不运动和不良饮食这四种常见的坏习惯
People with tattoos are more likely to be aggressive and rebellious than those without, a study has found. 一项研究发现,纹身者比未纹身者更可能具有攻击性和叛逆性。 Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University looked into whethe
Cellphone etiquette goes beyond simply keeping your conversations short and voice level to a minimum. 手机礼仪不仅仅是保持通话的简短和音量的适度。 Being mindful of your phone and of others might seem like the obvious thing to do
There are so many things I want to do in the short time I'm here. Some of these things scare me, some will challenge me and others are just plain fun。 在我短暂的一生里有许多想做的事。有些令我畏惧,有些却是挑战,还有些
But the idea that science can cure death 但科学能够治愈死亡的观点 is just one more chapter in the story 只是神奇的灵丹妙药故事的 of the magical elixir, 又一个章节, a story that is as old as civilization. 和古文明一样
Chinese scientists and officials are confident in the upcoming launch of its first space lab module Tiangong-1. The launch time for the space module has been set. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng reports from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Officials reve
Many of us may dream of owning a small but tasteful bookstore, caf, or a flower shop around the corner. But where do you get the money for it? 我们中有很多人可能梦想拥有一间面积不大却品味高雅的书吧,咖啡馆或是位于一家
How can problems in Greeces relatively small economy cause problems for the rest of Europe and even far-away Asia and the United States? Some economists say that international loans and worried investors are among the reasons for the fear of financia
Tomorrow, 14 February, is Valentines Day. Saint Valentine is the patron saint of people in love. On Valentines Day, many people send a Valentine card to their boyfriend or girlfriend, or to their husband or wife. Sometimes people send Valentine cards