Kylie: Ive just crunched the numbers and were not going to be able to meet payroll next month because of cash flow problems. Miguel: That cant be. The cash flow projections from last month showed that wed be fine. Kylie: We didnt anticipate a shortfa...
Vagner: Arent you supposed to be studying for the drivers test? Liesl: Im supposed to be, but I keep getting distracted. Reading this manual is deadly. Vagner: I know, but if you dont study, youll never pass the test. Try to focus. Liesl: Ive tried t...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ann Landers, 1918-2002: She Helped Millions of People Deal With Their Problems MARY TILLOTSON: Im Mary Tillotson. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about advice...
The XT mobile network crashed on Wednesday last week. It took one day to fix the problem in the North Island but three days for the far south of the country. More than 200,000 people have Telecom XT in New Zealand. Between 70,000 and 80,000 people in...
Problems in Fiji affect New Zealand. Many New Zealanders go to Fiji on holiday, many Fijians live in New Zealand and we are part of the Pacific Islands Forum. (see January 27th 2009) The countries which belong to the Pacific Islands Forum want Fiji t...
Yesterday, the power went off in parts of eastern Auckland and Newmarket around 1.10pm. There was a fault in the transformer at the Penrose sub-station. This sub-station usually has three transformers but one was not working because it was being main...
Relations between Fiji and New Zealand are very tense at the moment. Two years ago, Commodore Bainimarama got rid of the Prime Minister and took over the government of Fiji himself in a coup. He established martial law, which is rule by the army. New...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 26 January 2007 watch Depression Heart Disease For some time now scientists have believed there is a strong link between depression and heart disease. Standard treatment for depression has often included an antidepres...
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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 June 2006 Iranian Top Nuclear Negotiator Ali Larijani, left , talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt Iranian officials are rejecting some aspects of an international package o...
