News of the widening trade gap, along with several other gloomy economic reports, contributed to a 2.5 - percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Apple fans and enthusiasts were eager to finally purchase an iPad,a tablet computer with a touch-screen that Apple claims will "bridge the gap" between a cell phone and a laptop computer.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

"To close this important gap in our regulatory structure, legislative action is needed that would subject all systemically-important financial institutions to the same framework for consolidated supervision that currently applies to bank holding companies."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01