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Dealing With Rising Production Costs Giovanni: There are no two ways about it. We have to raise prices. Melanie: We cant. We already raised prices earlier this year. Doing it again risks alienating our customers. Giovanni: What else can we do? Our pr

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Air traffic over much of Europe came to a halt for six days because of the huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland. Now the economic costs are still being counted as airlines try to get everyone t

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization says the rising cost of health care is a struggle for people and governments around the world. The problem is greatest in countries where people must often pay directly for

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Not to Expect Profits Soon from Euro Disney The Euro Disney Corporation, acknowledging that its elaborate theme park had not performed as strongly as expected, announced Thursday that it would sustain a net financial loss of unpredictable scale in it

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The problems that Dell, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo, and other laptop makers have had with Sony battery recalls have finally caught up with Sony. That plus development costs for their upcoming PS3 video game machine gave Sony a 94% drop in profits for th

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By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: November 6, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. A new report says the cost of studies at public colleges in the United States increased

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Experts Debate Financial Future of American Higher Education Sweet Briar College is a small, private womens college in the American state of Virginia. In 2015, the schools governing board grew concerned about its financial future and considered closi

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AS IT IS 2013-05-31 Economic Experts Say Remittance Costs Are Too High This is As It Is from VOA Learning English. Welcome to the show. Im Caty Weaver. Today, we talk about the high cost of sending money home from foreign countries. We also discuss t

VOA慢速英语2012 Economics Report - Pressure in Europe Builds for Banking Reform

Economics Report - Pressure in Europe Builds for Banking Reform This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Pressure for financial reform is building in Europe. This week the financial services company Moodys Investors Service reduced Spains cr

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AS IT IS 2013-09-18 Congress, Divided over Health Care Law, Faces a Budget Time Limit From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is! Im Mario Ritter. Today, we hear about the budget debate in Washington. The first order of business must be to pass a

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Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson said Wednesday that the biggest U.S. banks are too powerful and exert too much influence over the government. Johnson told an audience at Washington's School of Advanced International

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Higher Production Costs Shift Chinese Manufacturing For decades, China's factories have supplied the world with cheap goods - from denim jeans to desktop computers. But export prices are expected to go up as Chinese manufacturers are battered by high

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By Caty Weaver IN THE NEWS -July 6, 2002: WorldCom This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. Several major American companies have admitted recently to dishonest reporting

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