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

"About half of our business is done in the last quarter of the year, in the last three months.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

Last week,W.W.E.officials reported the company earned more than one hundred seventeen million dollars in the fourth financial period of last year.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

Well,in some ways, they look like smaller versions of last month's wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William in London.

VOA: special.2011.05.23

The air show also follows the crash last week of an Air France jet in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

The Canadian government quickly approved a law that said each person must bring enough supplies to last for one year.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Last year,he established Timeless Media, a for-profit company that pays for and extends the work of Playing for Change.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Last December, the Australia-based company Invetech reported that it had delivered the world's first production model 3-D bio-printer for Organovo.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

It could be a sign that GM has recovered from the bankruptcy and restructuring it went through last year.

VOA: special.2010.11.17

Last year was the first year since two thousand four that Hawaii has had fewer than seven million visitors.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

In Miami, Florida, one man hopes a resolution from last year will go better in 2009: My name's Glenn Mitchell.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Tilling can remove weeds and the waste from last season's crops and help break down old plant material into fertilizer.

VOA: special.2010.09.28

Last week,government scientists in the United States announced the discovery of two antibodies that raise hopes for an AIDS vaccine.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

In all,seven of the ten top countries sent more students last year, just as the economic downturn was worsening.

VOA: special.2009.11.26