By Nico Colombant Dakar 22 May 2008 Higher prices are affecting every corner of Africa, from capitals to remote areas. It is also not only consumers who are being affected but sellers as well. VOA's Nico Colombant studies the case of a restaurant own...
By Mil Arcega Washington 16 May 2008 Oil prices continued to break new records this week, trading briefly above $126per barrel on Monday. American consumers fear prices will go even higher as the summer driving season gets underway. Some say they are...
By Brian Wagner Miami 14 May 2008 As crop prices remain high, farmers and other landowners are working to expand their output and take advantage of big profits for wheat, corn and soybeans. The boom is creating pressure to begin farming on lands enro...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 05 May 2008 Thousands of people have violently protested skyrocketing food costs made worse by the devaluation of the local currency in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. From our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, Correspondent Alisha R...
By Carol Pearson Washington 05 May 2008 High definition TV provides sharper images, but high definition imaging now goes beyond television. VOA's Carol Pearson reports on high definition eye glasses....
Polls published on CCTV.com show the public is most concerned with medical and housing issues for the upcoming sessions of the NPC and the CPPCC. Education and an Olympic-driven boost to the Chinese economy are also high on the agenda. The annual se...
By Mil Arcega Washington 11 March 2008 Despite losses in the billions of dollars in risky home loans, those who run the companies responsible for so-called subprime loans reported huge earnings last year. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill questioned the chie...
By Mil Arcega Washington 21 February 2008 Japan's Toshiba Corporation effectively ended the format war over the next-generation DVD players after announcing this week that it would no longer manufacture HD DVD players and recorders. The announcement...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 February 2008 Israel put its embassies on high alert and advised Jewish institutions around the world to be on guard against possible attacks, following the assassination of a senior Hezbollah leader Tuesday in Damascus. VO...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 February 2008 Bangladesh's High Court has thrown out a corruption case brought against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the interim government. The ruling puts a question mark over hundreds of other ongoing trial...