13 January 2011 Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on the last trading day of the year in New York. Registered exchanges, like NYSE Euronext, have seen electronic and alternative exchanges steadily grow This is the VOA Special Engl...
06 January 2011 Mark Zuckerberg is chief executive officer of Facebook This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Facebook is the world's biggest social network -- and the subject of the movie Social Network. (SOUND) The real Mark Zu...
30 December 2010 Riot police in Athens clash with protestors opposing severe cuts in government spending earlier in December This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Here are some of the top economic stories of two thousand ten. Th...
23 December 2010 European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) members demonstrate against European austerity measures at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. December is a time of holida...
16 December 2010 Shoppers walk in front of a bus with a huge clothing advertisement on Black Friday. The Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The seaso...
09 December 2010 President Obama announcing an agreement to extend tax cuts and unemployment aid This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Obama announced an agreement with Congressional Republicans Monday. It would extend for two y...
02 December 2010 A buyer in Jammu, India chooses gold jewelry. Gold is commodity traded worldwide and in futures markets This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Commodities are basic materials that are used and traded worldwide. The price o...
25 November 2010 Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks to reporters in Dublin on Sunday This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced measures to cut the biggest budget deficit in Eur...
18 November 2010 Democrat Erskine Bowles, left, and Republican Alan Simpson meet with reporters in Washington to present their plan for reducing the government's budget deficit This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Continuing debt problem...
11 November 2010 A banner announces the public stock sale of SKS Microfinance at the company's headquarters in Hyderabad, India in July This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Microfinance is a fast-growing part of the financial industry in...
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