Fast connections,it says, are important to business and job creation, and to other areas like education and health care.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

As Dewey put it, the relation of the abilities of one student to another is none of the teacher's business."

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Others say it was a smart business move -- like his decision to create a regional sports network on cable television.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

That is when a government takes ownership of a private business, often with the idea of selling it back to investors later.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

It means a person who starts and operates a new business and has responsibility for any risks involved.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

Also,business plans often assume it will be easy to gain a share of a large or fast-growing market.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

Publishers who chose that business plan might regret it now, but they might not have had much choice.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

"One of the things the World Bank measured was how long it takes to start a business.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

"We were looking for ways that we could apply our expertisearound economic development and small business management to populations that could use it.

VOA: special.2011.06.30

He says the World Bank has found that simpler rules and other regulatory reforms make it easier to do business in the Middle East.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

In those days, it was unusual for a woman to be the head of a business.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

"As one business student in West Africa put it, 'English is a lifeline.'" And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter.

VOA: special.2011.01.21

Nathan Burrell says it is not a profitable business yet, but the farmers are hopeful.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

"If you want to do good, there needs to be a business model behind it.

VOA: special.2011.07.29