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By Steve Herman New Delhi 22 August 2007 Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been accorded the rare honor of addressing India's parliament. VOA's Steve Herman in New Delhi reports the Japanese leader told Indian lawmakers Wednesday they need to c
U.S. President Barack Obama is reaching out to organized labor as he seeks support for his economic and health care policies. The president is waging an all-out campaign to win over union members. On Tuesday, he made back-to-back appearances in two s
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says the US must take further steps to stabilize the banking system even though, he says, doing so will add to the federal deficit. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Ben Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committe
President Obama is on an economic bus tour through America's heartland , looking to build support at a time when voters were way down by high unemployment and reports pointing to more trouble ahead for the economy. NPR's Scott Horsley says the presid
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World Economic Forum Rates Global Risks for 2013 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report in Special English. The World Economic Forum says the most likely risk facing the world over the next 10 years is the severe disparity in income
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President Bush says the ongoing financial crisis has forced him to endorse aggressive government intervention in numerous economic sectors in spite of his core, free market principles. President Bush restated his desire to prevent the U.S. auto indu
Bold action by central banks and national governments staved off a global economic depression during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, but at a tremendous cost nations will struggle to overcome. That is the conclusion of a panel of trans-Atlanti
U.S. officials say they are encouraged that Yemen can be a full partner in the fight against al-Qaida, despite uneven counter-terrorism cooperation in the past. The top State Department official for Near Eastern affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, said Yemen's
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke Wednesday at the opening of the Economic Cooperation Organization summit in Tehran that brings together 10 regional countries. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo) President Ahmadinejad blamed the West for the
Attendees of the now-concluded Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in south China's Hainan Province are suggesting that opening up is an important driving force for boosting economic integration across Asia. Yasuyuki Sawada, Chief Economist for the
Education used to be a top priority for Zimbabwe's government. But as Tendai Maphosa reports from Harare, the country's economic and political crisis is taking a heavy toll on the education system. Under normal circumstances, junior school children
By Paula Wolfson White House 16 March 2008 The Bush administration is defending its handling of the U.S. economy at a time of growing public unease. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports during a series of interviews on American television Treasury Secretary H
By Lisa Bryant Paris 20 March 2008 The Paris-based Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) published a grim assessment Thursday of the United States economy, saying it was close to recession. However, the OECDsuggested European e
The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. economy is struggling to overcome sluggish growth due to an unresolved government debt crisis and weaknesses in the housing market and household finances. In a report released Tuesday, the IMF downgraded
Lisa Bryant | Paris November 10, 2011 - Europe got more bad news on Thursday, as the European Union's executive arm sharply downgraded growth forecasts for the region. This has major implications for a continent buffeted by the financial and politica
BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's central authorities initiated a level-four emergency plan on Sunday afternoon in response to severe flooding in southwest China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality. The National Commission for Disaster R
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The recent dramatic movements in the financial market show yet again investors on China should not allow themselves to be easily swayed by speculative comments. The Chinese currency has held relatively stable against a b
The Top 10 Things We're Glad the Recession Killed With the near constant barrage of unemployment statistics, budget deficits, and bankruptcy announcements, its easy to get swept up in all the doomsday rhetoric surrounding the recession. But not all t