News & Reports 2012-01-28

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This EditionEuropean Union's top economic official has called for more public money to make up a shortfall in a second bailout for Greece. Hundreds of thousands gather in squares

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708100041

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Liquidity is the ease with which an investment can be sold and turned into money. For example, when a stock is traded easily, the market for it is said to be liquid. Liquidity can also suggest the eas

玩转商务英语900句 第398期:融资大计(3)

Unlike debt financing, the decision for a business or a bank to choose equity financing is a difficult one. 不像债务融资，企业或银行做股权融资的决定非常困难。 Unlike debt financing，the decision for a business or a bank to c

2017年CRI Share swap program to get oversight

Media reports suggests that 3 to 5 state firms, as well as 2 central financial institutions, have been included in the first batch of a share-swap program, in the latest bid to reform the country's state-owned enterprises. A proportion of shares of t

经济学人13:投资人与经济机器

Finance and Economics；Man and machine; 财经；投资人与经济机器； The economic ideas of the world's most successful hedge-fund boss; 世界最成功的对冲基金经理的经济思想； The most beautiful deleveraging yet seen is how Ra

经济学人11:日本教训 Japanese lessons

Finance and Economics; The global crash; Japanese lessons; 财经；全球危机；日本教训； After five years of crisis, the euro area risks Japanese-style economic stagnation; 经过五年危机，欧元的状况正冒着日本当年经济模式

VOA慢速英语 2007 0302a

TXU logo Big business deals do not often come with a promise to cut greenhouse gases. But that was part of a deal this week for TXU, the biggest electric company in Texas. Its board of directors agreed to a buyout offer led by two private equity grou

Greeks Rally Ahead of Bailout Vote

Thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets of Athens to protest severe austerity measures as eurozone ministers prepare to vote on a new $171 billion bailout for the debt-crippled nation. As the demonstrators marched, Greek Prime Minister Lucas Pa

经济学人74:Verizon的大手笔

bond markets 债券市场 A big number from Verizon Verizon的大手笔 Companies are still taking advantage of low yields to raise debt 各公司仍在利用低收益率提高债务水平 Sep 14th 2013 |From the print edition DEBT crisis? What debt

优步和滴滴正在囤积粮草 准备决战

I agree that language learning is cool, but I challenge the assumption that its difficult. 我认同语言学习很酷，但我不认同语言学习不容易这一说法。 Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learned. Having someone or somet

中国银行业将为煤企钢企债务重组买单

Chinas banks are set to be the biggest losers in the sweeping bailouts of the countrys steel and coal industries. 中国的银行将成为对国内钢铁、煤炭行业全面纾困的最大牺牲品。 Local governments hoping to save their steel mil

万达在中国内地上市的潜在借壳对象宣布终止谈判

A potential host for Wandas backdoor listing in China has pulled out of talks, causing a headache for Wang Jianlin, Chinas richest man, as he seeks to replace a poorly performing Hong Kong listing with the higher valuations offered in Shanghai and Sh

Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating

LONDON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The rating agency Moody's on Friday cut the sovereign credit rating of Greece to the lowest level, saying the country's default risk was high. Moody's downgraded Greece long term sovereign credit rating from Ca to

IMF chief to propose 28-bln-euro loan for Greece

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua)-- The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday that she would advise the Fund to contribute 28 billion euros (about 36.7 billion U.S. dollars) to the second bailout package for Greece. Today I have consul

Greek PM Hails Achievement of Bond Swap Deal With Lenders

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has hailed the success of the bond swap deal with private lenders to keep the country solvent. During a speech on state television Friday, Papademos said, for the first time, Greece is not adding, but taking debt

U.S. stocks mixed on U.S. GDP, Greek debt talks

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks closed mixed on Friday as U.S. economic growth in the last quarter last year missed the expectation, while the near-conclusion Greek debt talks inject optimism. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 74.17

经济学人:爱尔兰赤字高居欧盟前列 政府6次收缩预算

Europe Irelands budget 欧洲 爱尔兰的财政预算 Light at the end of the tunnel 一线希望 Irelands sixth austerity budget 爱尔兰的第六次收缩预算 Since mid-2008, successive governments have taken 25 billion euro ($33 billion) out o

中国重启不良资产证券化市场

China is reopening its securitised bad debt market with two deals worth Rmb534m ($81.6m) this month, eight years after regulators shuttered the market at the onset of the global financial crisis. 中国正重启不良贷款证券化市场，本月的两

U.S. stocks rise on economic data after biggest dive

NEW YORK, March 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, a day after their biggest dive since the beginning of this year, as U.S. economic data beat estimates. Stocks opened higher amid positive economic data, then surged more after the U.S. gove

经济学人266:阿根廷债务 别签协议啦

Argentina's debt 阿根廷债务 Let's not make a deal 别签协议啦 Argentina may spurn a chance to settle with its creditors 阿根廷或将还债机会弃如敝履 WHEN Argentina defaulted on its debt for the second time in 13 years last July, t