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In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off the Gulf coast. An island shaped like a palm tree was built for hotels, homes and entertainment. In October of last year the same developer announced plans for the world's ta

NPR 2010-12-29

Flights are arriving at New York's Kennedy Airport and so are the nightmare stories of being stuck on the tarmac for nearly 10 hours. The latest involves Cathay Pacific, whose passengers on at least one of the flights that arrived last night say they

VOA标准英语2008年-US Financial Crisis Expected to Affect Foreign

A United Nations survey on global investment prospects shows the U.S. financial crisis and economic downturn are making corporations more cautious about future foreign investment. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi. Official relea

CNN 2008-09-24

Hope you are having a great day. I'm Nicole Lapin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are turning up the pressure on Congress

NPR 2010-12-15

An appeal from Swedish prosecutors is keeping Julian Assange in a British jail for at least another two days. Sweden is fighting a British judge's decision today to free the Wikileaks founder on bail while he fights extradition to Sweden, where he fa

NPR 2010-07-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Senators are wrapping up their questioning of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports on the friction in the hearing room. Republican lawmakers press Elena Kagan for a third day

VOA慢速英语 2007 0510a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A listener in Nigeria has a question about financial aid for blind and visually impaired college students in America. S.A. Ogunlowo in Ile-Ife wants to know if visually impaired foreign students can

VOA慢速英语 2007 0517a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We are going to talk again this week about higher education for disabled students who want to study in the United States. As we noted last time, the National Federation of the Blind says there are no

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Financial Reform La

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, President Obama signed into law the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. BARACK OBAMA: These reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history -- in hi

VOA标准英语2008年-Asia's Financial Markets Sell Off as Central Ba

Leading central banks have rushed to add more cash to the world's financial system in an effort to calm nervous international markets. As Ron Corben in Bangkok reports, most Asian stock markets fell again Thursday, as investors continued to react to

voa标准英语2008年-World Leaders Meet in Washington on Financial C

Leaders from 20 industrial and developing countries are in Washington for an emergency summit to deal with the global financial crisis that has dramatically slowed world growth. VOA's Barry Wood has more. President Bush (right) greets UN Secretary G

VOA标准英语2012--JP Morgan Losses Bolster Case for New Financial Regulations

JP Morgan Losses Bolster Case for New Financial Regulations It's one of the world's biggest investment banks, and its CEO is among the harshest critics of government efforts to rein in risky financial bets. But in a late night conference call to shar

VOA标准英语2014--Analysts: Geneva II Will Not Result in Solution for Syria 日内瓦会议可能无法解决叙利亚问题

Analysts: Geneva II Will Not Result in Solution for Syria 日内瓦会议可能无法解决叙利亚问题 The second international conference on Syria is not likely to result in a solution for the embattled country, as representatives for the govern

VOA标准英语2013--European Recession Now Longer Than 2008 Financial Crisis

European Recession Now Longer Than 2008 Financial Crisis Of the 17 nations that make up the common currency bloc - nine countries are now in recession. While not as steep as the recession that came after the 2008 financial crisis - Commerzbank chief

美国国家公共电台 NPR Equifax Breach Puts Credit Bureaus' Oversight In Question

DAVID GREENE, HOST: A hundred and forty-three million. That is the number of Americans whose personal information may have been exposed in the recent data breach at Equifax. This led to a lawsuit against the company by the state of Massachusetts, an

Business Channel 2006-10-17&19

There are plenty of skeptics though, if you think back to it, when Wall Street analysts began talking about Google as a 400-dollar-a-share stock, do you remember that? Yeah. Well, on Thursday, it clos

VOA标准英语2008年-Asia Stocks Fall on US Financial Concerns

Fears over the extent of U.S. financial woes have rattled Asian markets, despite U.S. government attempts to shore up investor confidence. Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong. Woman walks by electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo, 15 Jul 2008, as J

专业术语-财务英语词汇I20

International Federation of Accountants 国际会计师联合会 International Federation of Insolvency Practitioners 国际破产管理同业联会 International Finance Corporation [IFC] 国际金融公

专业术语-财务英语词汇E1

earmarked fund 预留款项；指定用途的款项 earmarked grant 指定用途补助金 earmarked growth 拟定增长 earned premium 满期保费 earnings 收入；收益；盈利 earnings per share

Indonesian Laborers Demand Bigger Share of Profits

Thousands of protesters marched through the Indonesian capital Tuesday demanding better working conditions to mark international Labor Day. While increasingly frequent strikes have revealed discontent within the labor force, analysts say Indonesia is