Will High Cost of Small Loans Hurt Cambodians?

The Cambodian government has ordered a limit on interest rates on small loans. The decision comes before local elections are set to take place in June. The 18 percent limit on the microfinance industry interest rates takes effect on April 1. Microfin

Some Colleges Ask for Part of Future Salary Instead of Loans

Young people graduating from colleges and universities in the United States face increasing amounts of debt. Some colleges however are now offering students another way to pay for their studies. They pay for a students education in return for a perce

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AS IT IS 2014-12-23 Man Who Shot NY Police Officers Had Record of Violence, Mental Problems A top New York City police official says the man who killed two officers Saturday had a record of violence and mental problems. Ismayyil Brinsley shot officer

VOA慢速英语2011--Greek Spending Cuts Clear Way for Loans

Economics Report - Greek Spending Cuts Clear Way for Loans 经济报道 - 希腊批准紧缩措施为获得救援贷款扫清道路 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Greece has approved

New Zealand border control officers take on new search, detention powers

New Zealand border control officers take on new search, detention powers WELLINGTON, Sept.3 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand immigration officers took on a range of new search and detention powers Monday, in a move the government said would protect the integr

VOA慢速英语2015 Body Cameras Seen as Good and Bad for US Police Officers

AS IT IS 2015-05-04 Body Cameras Seen as Good and Bad for US Police Officers The recent violence in Baltimore, Maryland follows incidents around the United States in which police officers have been accused of wrongdoing. As a result, police departmen

VOA标准英语2010年-US Naval Officers Face Grueling Curric

One of America's premier institutions of higher learning is the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. There, young men and women grow from teenagers into naval officers. The Academy tests students both in and out of the classroom, in a

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For many people, when they think of police, they think of officers writing tickets or arresting bad guys. But in suburban Washington, a group of multi-talented police officers is reaching out to their community through music. Students at Thurgood Mar

2007年VOA标准英语-Micro Loans Help Immigrants Achieve American Dr

By June Soh Washington 16 April 2007 Watch video report on Micro Loans Many new immigrants and refugees in the United States find out that they have a hard time landing well-paying jobs. Even with business ambitions, they can face difficulties. VOA'

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow. There's a good chance the movie Get Out will be the first horror film to be nominated for best picture in nearly 30 years. The Silence Of The Lambs won back in 1992. As NPR's Neda

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fearing Arrest At Home, Turkish Military Officers Seek Asylum In U.S.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Turkey, the government has been arresting people who've been implicated in the failed political coup last summer. Tens of thousands of Turkish military officers, teachers, judges and journalists have been jailed on orders from

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, a powerful banking regulator who was appointed by President Trump is facing questions today in the Senate. Joseph Otting is a former bank executive. He now runs a federal agency that oversees some of the very companies

2016年CRI Chinese, Russian tourism police officers patrol in Moscow in joint action

A delegation of tourist police from China's southernmost city of Sanya, a popular beach resort, patrolled together with their Russian counterparts on the streets of Moscow on Wednesday. This is part of the agenda for their visit to the Russian capita

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The government is going to change the repayment rate for student loans. At the moment, when graduates earn a minimum of $19,084 a year (that is $367 a week), they have to start repaying the loan at a rate of 10% of their pay until the full loan is pa

2006年VOA标准英语-Small Loans Help Pave Way for Better Lives in I

By Margaret Besheer Irbil 08 December 2006 In Iraq, where ethnic and sectarian conflict is killing dozens of people daily, small business loans are cutting across ethnic and religious lines to help people move forward with their lives. As VOA's Marg

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VOA标准英语2010年-Group Provides Small Loans to Low Inco

Micro lending for small businesses is common in some countries, especially in the developing world. But with the economic recession, micro lending is growing in the United States because it's difficult to get a bank loan to start a small business, es

Wenzhou's small firms still struggle to obtain loans

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Medium- and small-sized enterprises in Wenzhou are finding bank loans increasingly hard to obtain as the city's banks face a rising non-performing loan (NPL) ratio. The NPL ratio of the banking industry in the east China c

China real estate loans see rapid growth in Q3

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IMF Gets Hundreds of Billions More for Emergency Loans

Nations around the world are pledging more money for emergency loans to help member nations of the International Monetary Fund cope with any new economic crisis. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the me