In regular short-selling,traders borrow assets and sell them at a set price, hoping they can make a profit by buying them later at a lower price.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

American lawmakers have also long complained that China suppresses the value of the yuan to lower the price of its exports.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Indeed,news that China's government plans to rein in bank lending concerned investors Wednesday and Thursday, sending BHP's share price lower.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The former president says that merchants see a bleak economic future for Iran because of rising prices, lack of investment,lower oil revenues and the elimination of price controls.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20