The deep global economic slowdown began in August 2007 when defaults in the U.S.home mortgage market caused financial markets to curtail lending.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

through the home school market, is beginning to catch on in schools across the country.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Ouedrago says the men go to the market,run errands and then come home and cook.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

It's a textile center and home to the nation's biggest open-air tobacco market.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18