BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A most decorated team in China's top professional soccer league has been bought by a fellow league club after suffering a lack of fund from the investors. Dalian Shide, eight-time top league champions since 1994, was purch...
Italy's new financial bill to hurt consumption: experts ROME, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The financial bill announced by the technocratic cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Monti will impact negatively on domestic consumption, local analysts said on Wednes...
Cameroon Businesswoman Rises from Poverty to Financial Security Jacqueline Kamsu arrived at the US embassy in Yaounde in late August looking every bit a success story. She had been invited to speak to a group of young leaders on her non-profit, Beads...
Washington Gridlock Impacts US Financial Standing At a time of daunting economic challenges, many Americans are dismayed by Washingtons political paralysis. Fueling the gridlock: divided government. Republicans control the House of Representatives an...
Financial Crisis Hits NATO Funding Europes economic problems are making it even more difficult for the continents governments to fund often unpopular defense programs. That is threatening to hurt the NATO alliances efforts to upgrade its capabilities...
Hawaii Enjoys Financial Boost from TV Show For years, Hawaii has been a popular destination for tourists, but now its making a name for itself as a TV and film production hub. A reboot of the 1960s police drama Hawaii Five-O, which helped develop the...
USPostalServiceFacesFinancialDisaster The United States Postal Service is in big financial trouble. In the last ten years the agency has lost 50 percent of its mail volume. Billions of dollars have been lost and the trend is expected to continue. By...
The Head of the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) was fired from his job on Monday because the ACC was in debt. The costs are more than the income. Our ACC means that we cannot sue anyone who causes an accident. This is different from countries...
[00:08.39]A North American Major League baseball record was established in 1939. [00:15.46]The man who set it played in 2,130 games without missing one. [00:22.83]In 1995, the record was broken by Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles. [00:30.35]But th...
[00:07.05]The American company Monsanto has announced what it calls a major development in efforts to identify all of the genes found in rice. [00:18.49]It says scientists working in the United States have produced the first plans for a genetic map o...
