The U.S.official faced large hurdles this week, with all sides far apart on the key issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

For example, if Ford Motor Company wants to issue corporate bonds or they want to issue new shares they would go to an investment bank and the investment bank would say, okay we can underwrite for you, but we'll do it for you.

例如，如果福特汽车,想要发行公司股票或者募集新股,他们会去投行,然后投行的人会说，好的我们能帮你承销。

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The United States is pushing Israel to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, an issue that has soured relations between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

At the spring meetings, many development activists will push for the IMF and World Bank to issue funds to poor countries as grants rather than loans, which they say could lead to a second debt crisis in Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

So from that point of view I would give him a good score,". The Israeli public is divided on the settlement issue: The poll showed that 46 percent of respondents support continuing construction in the West Bank even if it means a confrontation with the U.S.- 44 percent were opposed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03