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国际英语新闻:S&P Downgrades Venezuela's Credit Rating

The rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Venezuela's credit rating, citing the country's political risk as a key weakness.S&P lowered the country's sovereign currency rating once notch F
国际英语新闻 2011-08-21
国际英语新闻:Global Stocks Fall on US Recession, European Debt Worries

Global Stocks ended the week lower as fresh worries over a possible U.S. recession and Europe's debt crisis roiled markets anew. The inability of political leaders on both continents to deal with the
国际英语新闻 2011-08-20
国际英语新闻:Investor Fears Deepen as US Stock Market Swings

The U.S. stock market dropped again Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrials Average closing down 1.6 percent. That capped off a week of extreme volatility on Wall Street as investors continued to lose
国际英语新闻 2011-08-20
国际英语新闻:Gold notches fourth straight record day

CHICAGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ended sharply higher on Friday, notching a new record-settlement high for the fourth time this week,
国际英语新闻 2011-08-20
国际英语新闻:US Stocks Dive; US, European Economies Shake Investors

Major stock indexes in the United States dropped sharply on Thursday. For many analysts, there are two main reasons for the market drop. One is the U.S. economy; the other is the European debt crisis
国际英语新闻 2011-08-19
国际英语新闻:Report: Standard & Poor's is Under Investigation

A major American newspaper says the U.S. is investigating the financial services company that downgraded the U.S. credit rating for its faulty rating of mortgage securities that played a major role in
国际英语新闻 2011-08-19
国际英语新闻:More US Businesses Encouraged to Look At Africa's Potential

While the U.S. economy continues to slump and company stocks plunge, trade and development experts are advising U.S. businesses of all sizes to start investing in Africa, a continent with many opportu
国际英语新闻 2011-08-19
国际英语新闻:Gorbachev Slams Russian PM On Democracy

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of undermining democracy in Russia.Gorbachev spoke to the BBC in an interview Thursday, on the eve of the 20th
国际英语新闻 2011-08-19
国际英语新闻:Markets Unimpressed by France-Germany Euro Plans

The European Commission supports the proposals made by France and Germany on Tuesday to shore up the eurozone, its spokesperson said Wednesday. The markets, however, have not reacted so favorably.Oliv
国际英语新闻 2011-08-18
国际英语新闻:Former Ukrainian President Testifies at Tymoshenko Trial

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko testified against ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in her abuse of power trial in Kyiv Wednesday, while her supporters chanted "Shame! Shame!"Yushchenko
国际英语新闻 2011-08-18
国际英语新闻:Obama to Propose Deficit Cuts of Over $1.5 Trillion

Concluding a three-day bus tour of key midwestern states, President Barack Obama said he will propose that a bipartisan congressional committee find more than $1.5 trillion in additional spending cuts
国际英语新闻 2011-08-18
国际英语新闻:Fitch: US Still AAA

The Fitch rating agency is keeping its top-level credit rating on the United States. Fitch says it kept the AAA credit rating in place because the U.S. economy is flexible, diversified, and wealthy, w
国际英语新闻 2011-08-17
国际英语新闻:Fitch: Sub-Saharan Africa Economy Improving

One company that rates investments around the world, Fitch, says Sub-Saharan Africa will continue with "robust" economic growth if it can overcome problems with infrastructure and governance.Tuesday'
国际英语新闻 2011-08-17
国际英语新闻:Germany, France Call for Common Eurozone Economic Government

The leaders of Germany and France are calling for a common economic government for the 17 nations that employ the euro currency and said all the countries should approve laws by the middle of next yea
国际英语新闻 2011-08-17
国际英语新闻:Obama Midwest Bus Tour Focuses on Economy

President Barack Obama is in the U.S. midwest on what the White House calls an economic bus trip through politically important states as he ramps up campaigning for the 2012 presidential election. Th
国际英语新闻 2011-08-16
国际英语新闻:Ukraine Trial Uniting Ukraine's Political Opposition

It may sound like the battle of the bands, but loudspeakers in Kyiv are dueling over democracy. Our correspondent reports from the tent camps outside the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, the opposition pol
国际英语新闻 2011-08-16
国际英语新闻:British PM Pledges to Reverse 'Moral Collapse' After Riots

British Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain must reverse what he calls a "moral collapse" that he blames for last week's deadly riots.Cameron said Monday social problems festering for decades h
国际英语新闻 2011-08-16
国际英语新闻:Obama to Launch Three-State Counteroffensive to Republicans

U.S. President Barack Obama launches a three-state midwestern tour Monday aimed at answering opposition Republicans who accuse him of doing little to pump life into the ailing economy.

The presiden
国际英语新闻 2011-08-15
国际英语新闻:Norweigian Mass Killer Returned to Scene of Crime

Norwegian authorities say the 32-year-old gunman who confessed to killing 69 people last month on a lake island has described the killings with "many new details" during a heavily-guarded visit to the
国际英语新闻 2011-08-15
国际英语新闻:Italian economy minister outlines extra tough measures

ROME, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The day-after the Italian government approved an additional anti-crisis emergency plan worth some 45.5 billion euros (about 64 billion U.S. dollars), Economy Minister Giulio
国际英语新闻 2011-08-15
国际英语新闻:Obama urges Congress to approve job creation proposals

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for Congress to act on his proposals to stimulate the economy and create jobs, emphasizing putting the American people fi
国际英语新闻 2011-08-15
国际英语新闻:World Bank Chief Warns of New Danger Ahead

The president of the World Bank is warning the world's already troubled economic recovery is in even greater trouble.World Bank chief Robert Zoellick told The Weekend Australian newspaper the global
国际英语新闻 2011-08-14
国际英语新闻:Worries About Government Borrowing Stir Markets

Worries about government borrowing are a key reason for the recent downgrade of U.S. debt, the economic crisis in Europe, and the wild swings from gains to losses and back again on global financial ma
国际英语新闻 2011-08-14
国际英语新闻:Obama Urges Congress to Put Americans First

President Barack Obama says it is time for members of Congress to put aside political brinksmanship in order to boost the United States' sluggish economic recovery and create more jobs.During his wee
国际英语新闻 2011-08-14
国际英语新闻:Blackberry Helps UK Police Track Flash Mobs

A media watchdog says who want to identify rioters in London and other cities through their smartphones. Reporters Without Borders said Blackberry has already provided Scotland Yard with information a
国际英语新闻 2011-08-14