Leaders of the world's biggest economies agreed Sunday to cut their deficits by half or more by twenty thirteen.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

This year's Forbes magazine list of the world's richest people estimated her wealth at almost two and a half billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The world's largest drug company has agreed to pay almost two and a half billion dollars for illegal marketing of medicines.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

Foursquare's owners say they now have more than six and a half million users around the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.14

Bruckheimers Web site says his films have earned more than ten and a half billion dollars worldwide.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

There's no research that says if you fire half the faculty you're going to get good results.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Exactly. Now,all the fans would enjoy half-smokes and Natty-Boh's - That's National Bohemian, the local brew.

VOA: special.2011.03.07

A half-million women took part in the Women's Strike for Equality on August twenty-sixth, nineteen seventy.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Doctor Yusuf said the single pill, taken once a day, could reduce the average person's risk of heart disease and stroke by about half.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Experts say over half of the world's seven thousand languages are in danger of disappearing.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The Alzheimer's Association says FDA-approved drugs are effective for half the people who take them.

VOA: special.2011.02.08

To be a building, half of a structure's height must have usable floor space.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

"About half of my soaps have no added essential oils, it's for people with very sensitive skin who want to avoid essential oils for any reason.

VOA: special.2011.03.09