Government officials still have not declared the recession officially over, but the GDP report marks the second quarter of expansion after a record four quarters of decline.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

The options are a very useful technology for managing risks and I think that we'll see a rapid--Over the next few decades, we'll see rapid expansion in the scope of options contracts traded on the exchanges.

期权是管理风险的,一个非常有用的技术,我认为在往后的几十年,交易市场上,我们将会看到期权合同的迅速发展

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A senior Middle East analyst with the International Crisis Group in Jerusalem,Rob Blecher, says frustration over continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the general lack of progress toward achieving a Palestinian state,has prompted the Palestinian leadership to look for new strategies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03