A bill to place new restrictions on the credit card industry in the United States won final approval this week in Congress.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But the central bank chief warned that credit for home buying remains limited and dependent on government-supported programs.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

On Wednesday,President Obama announced that Secretary Geithner will release a new plan to ease credit markets next week.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Also,schools are urged to consider limiting the number of places on campus where companies can market credit cards.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

But soon,credit markets around the world slowed to a halt on fears about the health of banks.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

They cannot borrow in credit markets and they depend on exports of commodities like crops or minerals.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

The aim is to help lower interest rates on housing and other loans and improve credit conditions.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

And credit card companies may not offer gifts on or near a campus to persuade students.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

The author notes that Alan Lomax apparently claimed composer credit on about eight hundred songs.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

(JOSH BIRNBAUM) "Our desk began to accumulate short positions, purchasing protection on individual securities through credit default swaps, largely from external C.D.O.managers who asked us to bid for these positions."

VOA: special.2010.04.30

On Wednesday, China's Dagong credit rating agency downgraded American debt.

VOA: special.2011.08.05

But he says the Obama administration should get credit for not giving up on American values while fighting against terrorists.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

In his weekly address, Mr.Obama called on Congress to pass reforms in the credit card industry by the end of the month.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

The president plans to talk about credit card reform on Thursday (5/14), when he hosts a question-and-answer forum in the Southwestern city of Albuquerque,New Mexico.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

Meanwhile,Chechen Islamist rebel Doku Umarov, dressed in a military camouflage jacket in a wooded location,claimed credit for the Moscow subway bombings in an Internet video posted on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"But to spur lending to small businesses, it is essential that we make more credit available to the smaller banks and community financial institutions that these businesses depend on,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21