The Goldman Sachs executives are more than five hours into testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations. The investment firm is taking hits for not disclosing. Its interests were at times at odds with those of its clients. NPR's Yuki No...
at the vanguard in many cases of accepting alternative forms of lifestyle. Hey let's rouse a slumbering rodent and try to predict the next few weeks of weather. Awake young vermins. Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you, Punxsutawney Phil! Unb...
All right, you like games because Er Did you win in Jeopardy？ I am a Jeopardy champion. I dont like to brag, but I have it on my business cards. Yeah. And, ok, literally, it was the dumb-down celebrity version of Jeopardy. Have you been on Jeopardy？...
By Sarah Williams 08 October 2009 This winter in the United States will be colder than normal. That's what the classic American publication the Old Farmers's Almanac is predicting. We expect heavier than normal snow in the Intermountain region, whic...
The Asian Development Bank predicts that developing economies in Asia will see slower growth and rising inflation in the coming year. The bank says high oil and food prices and a prolonged slowdown in industrial countries are casting a shadow on the...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says the British economy will likely fall into recession this year and the largest economies on continental Europe will not fare much better. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown un...
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 04 June 2008 Urgent action by African governments will be needed to sustain the continent's economic growth. That assessment comes from experts at the World Economic Forum, as more than 800 business leaders gather to d...
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 27 March 2008 An annual U.N. Economic and Social report is projecting that economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will continue this year, despite the expected recession in the United States. As Naomi Martig reports from...
By Jim Malone Washington 11 January 2008 The unpredictable nature of this year's U.S. presidential election campaign suggests it will be some time before the nomination battles in both parties are resolved. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone has a...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 December 2007 Voting stations are now closed in South Korea's presidential vote, and exit polls so far show no deviation from the result many have expected for weeks. Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak is projected to win about h...
