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Zimbabwe wants small business to be able to get credit to start or grow a business. If the countrys Parliament approves a bill proposed last week, business owners will be able to use cows, cars, machines and other movable property to secure loans. In

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

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

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The country's defense leaders are calling this a historic day for the military and the nation. The ban on openly gay service in the military is officially over. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen says the military's stronge

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Several days after Columbia University's Edmund Phelps won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his theories about the relationship between inflation and unemployment, the Noble Peace Prize was awarded to a man with some useful ideas about economics. Mu

VOA标准英语2008年-Microloans Foster Entrepreneurship in Poor Coun

In many developing countries, micro-financing has created possibilities for burgeoning entrepreneurs who would not have found funding before. VOA's Barry Wood reports that special attention is now being paid to female entrepreneurs, who have had to

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'

美国国家公共电台 NPR Former Banker, Now Regulator, Wants To Allow Banks To Make Payday-Style Loans

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

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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

锦州银行披露对汉能的风险敞口

A Chinese city bank planning on listing in Hong Kong has indicated it has more than $440m in exposure to Hanergy Group debt, in the first case of a Chinese bank detailing its exposure to the embattled thin film solar company. 计划在香港上市的中

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由于银根紧缩，企业贷款融资受到很大限制，小企业更是首当其冲。为了扶植小企业的发展，银监会近日表示，监管部门对小企业不良贷款率的容忍度可以提高到5%。 请看新华社的报道： Out

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

Chengdu Encourages Tech Innovation

About one half of all iPads circulating around the globe are assembled in the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu. Already a hi-tech manufacturing base in the western region, the city is now aiming to become the next Silicon Valley. CRI's Hu Jia has m

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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

China real estate loans see rapid growth in Q3 BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Financial institutions stepped up lending to the real estate sector in the third quarter as the result of a warming market, statistics from the central bank showed Monday. Fi

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