By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 May 2008 The UN refugee agency warns it may have to reduce or even suspend a number of aid programs for hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees because it has received only about half of the $261 million it needs. Lisa Schle...
Casinos survive on some people's blowing money Neil: Hi Helen, would you like to go shopping this afternoon? I'd like to blow some money! Helen: Wow, Neil, that's an offer I can't refuse. I'd love to go shopping with you, but first we have to presen...
Money doesn't really grow on trees, does it? Neil: Hi, and welcome BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. Yang Li: 大家好,我是杨莉。 Neil: In this Real English programme we'll be looking at an English idiom. Yang Li: 和对应的汉语成语。 Neil: Today's Engli...
By Greg Flakus Houston 01 May 2008 Although economists say the United States is not technically in a recession, the slowdown in economic activity is having a dramatic impact on the amount of money immigrants are able to send back home. The so-called...
By Scott Stearns White House 15 December 2007 President Bush says Congress must provide what he says are vital funds for U.S. troops before lawmakers leave for Christmas break. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. In his weekly...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it may have to scale down its operations in West Darfur because it is running out of money. The UNHCR says it is facing a shortfall of more than $7 millionneeded to assist more tha...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 August 2007 The World Food Program and U.N. refugee agency are appealing for $20 million to help tens of thousands of Burundi refugees return home after years of exile in Tanzania. They warn that food rations for Burundians...
Renee Montagne: It's graduation season and we're looking at the finances of young people. Last week we reported on ways to help teenagers avoid debt, today, college grads. Several authors who are as young as the people they write about have portraye...
The cold means that many of us will be turning on our heaters more and more and that means big bills for natural gas, home heating oil and electricity. In some places, the price of natural gas is up 70% over last year and heating oil is up 30%. In up...
On Friday is the Business Report, focuses on your money or in this case, your lack of it. Most Americans simply are not saving anything. The savings rate fell to zero in June which is the lowest level since October of 2001. Now it's commonly said th...