Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

In nineteen forty-six, Eugene Meyer left the newspaper to become the first president of the World Bank.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

In June,the Speed Sisters became the first all-female racing team to compete in the Speed Test, a popular race in the West Bank.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

And the report from the World Bank shows the first reduction in AIDS-related deaths.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Few had expected India's Reserve Bank to be the first to buy the International Monetary Fund's gold.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

It was the first-ever soccer game played at 11-year-old M&T Bank Stadium, which is the home field for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

Second Harvest is Japan's first and only food bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09