The World Bank says dealing with climate change will require hundreds of billions a year in public and private financing.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

These come at a time of recession when banks are reporting billions in losses in their credit card divisions.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But he hopes to raise billions through a system in which businesses that release greenhouse gases would buy and trade pollution permits.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flood the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

To support more clean energy production, the Obama administration has been seeking billions of dollars in government loan guarantees to build new centers.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

The company is mostly owned by the United States government which has invested billions of dollars.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

In late June, the World Trade Organization ruled that Airbus received billions in illegal European aid.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Those countries include Afghanistan and Iraq, two nations that receive billions of dollars in international aid.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

But last year, increasing gas prices and decreasing sales forced the company to seek billions of dollars in government aid in an attempt to avoid failure.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

Some will be required to raise billions of dollars of additional capital.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

After that,Congress provided billions of dollars in defense spending for Alaska.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Bees add billions of dollars in value to many crops worldwide.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Career colleges receive billions of dollars from taxpayers through student loans.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

And Americans spend billions more on allergy medications and treatments.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

In the United States, billions of chickens are produced yearly.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Billions loaned to A.I.G.

VOA: special.2009.03.20