A: I'm calling today about a bill that I never received. B: Can you tell me which credit card it was for? A: It was for my Master Card. B: You should've gotten that bill two weeks ago. A: I haven't got it in the mail yet. B: The computer is showing t...
Martin: Hey Tom, where've you been lately? Tom: Oh, I've been doing loads of job interviews. You know I'm graduating soon. I've just got to work out what to do next. I'm torn between a big company and a small company. Martin: Really? Personally I wou...
The top executives of the three major U.S. automobile manufacturers are vowing to streamline their companies in return for billions of dollars in federal aid to shore up the beleaguered industry. The officials appeared before Congress on Thursday fo...
With congressional hearings set Thursday and Friday of this week in advance of a vote on lending money to the beleaguered U.S. auto industry, General Motors says it needs money almost immediately. VOA's Barry Wood has more on the controversy over go...
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The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO...
They are the acoustic guitars of choice for many of today's leading musicians and songwriters, and the company that makes them is celebrating its 175th birthday this year. From the headquarters of C.F. Martin and Company, in Nazareth, Pennsylvania,...
Like people around the world, Americans love a good bar of chocolate or anything containing the confection. But climate change and diseases are ravaging cocoa bean crops in many parts of the world, eroding production and raising prices of the essent...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 26 March 2008 India's biggest vehicle maker, Tata Motors, has clinched a deal to buy luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover from U.S. carmaker Ford. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the latest acquisition is yet anoth...
By George Dwyer Washington 12 March 2008 A Washington D.C.-area company has built a profitable business by producing durable pocket guides that help people communicate using visual images rather than spoken language. International travelers have been...
