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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Leaders of the European Union met Sunday in Brussels to discuss measures to deal with the world financial crisis. But the emergency meeting showed growing divisions between western European countries

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The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a compromise deal to raise the country's debt limit and cutting spending, one day before the government is due to start defaulting on its debt. In a vote Monday night, 269 House members approved the deal

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The chairman of Woodside Petroleum and the National Australia Bank Michael Chaney says that both sides of politics need to rein in their spending commitments. He is warning that Australia risks becoming like Europe's debt-laden countries. The problem

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