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voa标准英语2008年-Oil Prices Dip Briefly Below $60, Then Rally

Oil prices in Asia slipped briefly below $60 a barrel for the first time in more than 18 months, then rallied to $61, after a two-day plunge. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. Analysts say that worries over the state of the world economy and prospec

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China has 41 brand new billionaires thanks to a surge in share prices. 股价的飙升让中国新增了41位亿万富翁。 The recent surge in share prices on the mainland has created at least 41 new super-rich people in the nation whose individual

美国国家公共电台 NPR Grocery Prices Have Been Falling. Did You Notice?

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China saw its biggest gasoline and diesel price increase in the past four years, driven up by the output cut by OPEC and other producers. 受到石油输出国组织和其他产油国减产的影响，我国汽、柴油价格迎来4年来最大涨幅。

China to raise gasoline, diesel prices

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China will raise the retail prices for gasoline and diesel by 300 yuan (47.53 U.S. dollars) per tonne starting Feb. 8, the country's top economic planner said Tuesday. The benchmark retail price of gasoline will be lifted

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VOA标准英语2008年-India Hikes Domestic Retail Oil Prices

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 June 2008 India has raised domestic fuel prices, in the wake of the massive surge in international crude oil prices. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are worries the move will fuel inflation at a cruci

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Stock prices were down again Wednesday, on Wall Street and in Europe and Asia. As VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, investors seem to doubt that plans to help troubled financial institutions will be enough to fight off a deep recession. Pede

VOA常速英语2008年-Asia Battles Hike in Rice Prices

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 04 April 2008 Grocery stores in Hong Kong have replenished rice supplies after panic buying nearly cleared the shelves. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, concern is growing among Asian consumers that the region's stapl

中国提高烟草消费税

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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Prices of farm produce in China have inched up for the fifth straight week during the week ending August 19, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. The wholesale cost of 18 types of vegetables monitored across 36 major ci

VOA双语新闻 --- Asia Battles Hike in Rice Prices

Grocery stores in Hong Kong have replenished rice supplies after panic buying nearly cleared the shelves. Concern is growing among Asian consumers that the region's staple food will no longer be affordable for low-income families. 香港各家食品杂

China to raise gasoline, diesel prices after three cuts

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China will raise the retail prices of gasoline by 390 yuan (62 U.S. dollars) per tonne and diesel by 370 yuan per tonne starting Friday, the country's top economic planner said Thursday. The move, which followed three cons

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BEIJING General Motorss main joint venture in China was fined $29 million on Friday on charges that it suppressed competition by enforcing minimum sales prices for dealers. It is the latest in a string of penalties against non-Chinese auto brands und

China likely to cut fuel prices this month: analysts

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US Consumer Spending Advanced in March

U.S. retail spending increased at a solid pace in March, an indication that consumer confidence is growing even as gasoline prices remain high. Consumer spending drives about 70 percent of the U.S. economy, the world's largest. The government said Mo

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