This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from voaspecialenglish.com President Obama is proposing rules to limit the size of big banks and the risks they can take. He wants to prevent banks from using government-insured deposits to make risky investments. He also wants to keep them from owning hedge funds or private equity funds. Banks took big losses as they traded mortgage-related securities that went bad. That helped create the financial crisis. Bank shares fell after the president’s announcement in January. His earlier efforts at financial reform have faced strong opposition from financial companies and some members of Congress. In the Senate, sixty votes are needed to prevent unlimited debate on a bill. But the Democrats lost their sixtieth vote. In January, voters in Massachusetts elected a Republican to finish the term of Ted Kennedy who died in August. Scott Brown opposes the health care legislation in Congress. His election could also affect other areas, like climate change legislation and reforms in the financial system. A separate development in January could affect future elections. The United States Supreme Court cleared the way for unlimited spending by businesses and labor unions in political campaigns. The court voted five to four to end a ban on the use of corporate money to pay for independent campaign ads for or against candidates. The court said the restriction on political speech violated the free speech rights guaranteed by the Constitution …
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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from voaspecialenglish.com Dubai’s recent debt problems have brought attention to the growth of Islamic finance. A government-owned group of companies, Dubai World, has been seeking to restructure twenty-six billion dollars of debt. About six billion of it is in Islamic bonds, including a three and a half billion dollar bond set for repayment in December. The biggest difference between Western and Islamic finance involves beliefs about …
Inside Business on City 7 TV in Dubai, UAE. Presenter Katie Jensen reports on the business news of the day and interviews Morgan Freeman about his new private jet from Dubai-based manufacturer Emivest.
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Mr. Pewterschmidt soon bounces back and tries to regain control of what hes built even though it may be more difficult than Christmas shopping for Peter When Peter gives Lois father the bachelor party he never had, Mr. Pewterschmidt slips into a coma and not even Dr. House (guest voice Hugh Laurie) can bring him out of it. With her father incapacitated, Lois is given control of Pewterschmidt Industries. Peter convinces Lois to let him run the operation, but he gets power-hungry and fires the …
It has been snowing this week in the UK and after discovering Simon’s Cat this week I decided to make this. I want all credit to got to Simon Tofield for creating the original cat. I know my animation isn’t as fluid as his but I’ve only been doing this for 2 weeks and had never used Flash before. To any would be animators out there if you subscribe and rate this I will send you a link to download my source file…This way you can see how I made it and maybe edit it and upload your own …