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Facebook and Its Big Stock Offering
Download this story as a PDF This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Investors soon will be able to own shares of Facebook stock. The world’s biggest social media network presented documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday. The documents are required before the company can make its initial public offering, or IPO. [...]
Book Cooks Up Recipe for Innovation
Download this story as a PDF Correction attached SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember. This week on our program, we hear from the author of a book about the makings of innovation. Then, we learn how a Native American is bringing [...]
For Some, Religion is Part of the College Experience
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m Faith Lapidus. Today on our show, we play music from singer Lana Del Rey. We also answer a question from Burma about the way Americans elect a president. But, first we go to real college to hear how some students combine religion with [...]
