Nigerian Students Threaten Massive Protests Over Fuel Price Increase Fuel prices in Nigeria more than tripled in some areas of the country this week after the government announced an end to the fuel subsidy. Iny Ememobong, a spokesperson for the Nati...
US Drought Could Trigger Higher Beef Prices Beef prices may be headed upward due to a severe, lingering drought in the southern United States which is putting a major financial squeeze on the regions cattle producers. Across Texas cattle country, liv...
High Prices Trigger Rise in Copper Thefts When you heard the word copper in old gangster movies, you were talking about the good guys: the police, the cops. Now, when you speak of copper and crime, youre referring to the bad guys. A combination of ci...
Agriculture Report - Poor Suffer as Food Prices Likely to Stay High 农业报道 - 粮价高企穷人遭殃 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 There are growing concerns about food ins...
Soaring Price of Used Grease Attracts Thieves The high price of food and fuel has made a valuable commodity out of an unexpected resource: the price of used vegetable oil from restaurant fryers is so high that people are stealing it. Just ask grease...
Rising Gold Prices Spark Demand Every new piece of bad economic news and every plunge on Wall Street sparks fears that the worst is yet to come. As a result, many people are turning to one investment they feel they can trust. Gold chains, gold bangle...
Gold Prices Luring Many to Start Prospecting As gold prices continue to rise around the world, there is renewed interest in panning for gold in certain parts of the United States. In the late 1800s, the state of Virginia had a thriving gold-mining in...
Lower Oil Price Helps Consumers But Market Volatility Remains In recent months, crude oil prices have experienced their sharpest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, and now stand at around $80 a barrel. Alongside one of the main highways leading in...
听歌学英语: Jessie J与B.O.B合作歌曲Price Tag Jessie J - Price Tag身价牌 Seems like everybody's got a price I wonder how they sleep at night When the tale comes first And the truth comes second Just stop, for a minute and Smile Why is eve...
The world's top 20 economic powers agreed Thursday on measures aimed at controlling high and volatile food prices. Farm ministers from the G20 group of leading and emerging economies met for the first time in Paris Wednesday and Thursday. Following n...
