But he agrees that in recent years, many companies have tied pay to short-term performance, instead of their long-term health.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The group's recent "State of the Air" report said Pittsburgh has the worst short-term fine particle pollution in the country.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

The Federal Reserve suggested again that short-term interest rates are likely to remain near zero for some time.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

In a pawn transaction, the customer gets a short-term loan of about fifty to seventy-five percent of the value of an item.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

The scientists say that studies based on the new genome may help explain, in the short-term, why the organism has been so aggressive.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

Fuller's good navy record won him a short-term appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

Lowering short-term interest rates is the Federal Reserve's main way to get banks to increase lending.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

They may struggle to hide them. Probably the most common early sign is short-term memory loss.

VOA: special.2011.02.08

An analysis of four studies found no difference in short-term survival when rescuers followed current guidelines.

VOA: special.2010.09.15

News from the White House often affected short-term activity on the stock market.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Probably the most common early sign is short-term memory loss.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Yet that short war led to long-term changes for America.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

The Fed has reduced short-term rates to almost zero.

VOA: special.2009.08.28