by Nick Hagar | Jan 28, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – A new hit movie about the housing market collapse and 2008 financial crash explained complicated economic issues through humor, but The Big Short may have portrayed bankers as more aware of the impending disaster than they were, some financial experts...
by Nick Hagar | Jan 26, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — On May 6, 2010, a large mutual fund trader initiated an order to sell more than $4 billion of E-Mini S&P futures contracts in 20 minutes. The sudden imbalance created a rush to sell, leading investors to trade about two billion shares between...
by Nick Hagar | Jan 19, 2016 | Business, Energy, Topics
WASHINGTON — U.S. oil production is likely to fall this year in part due to price volatility, a top government energy official told a Senate committee on Tuesday. Testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Adam Sieminski, administrator at the...
by Nick Hagar | Jan 12, 2016 | SOTU2018
WASHINGTON — Students at Georgetown University sat in silence during most of President Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday night. Despite repeated standing ovations in the House chamber, students viewing the speech at a watch party sponsored by the...
by Nick Hagar | Jan 11, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Experts addressed the growing risks to U.S. military operations posed by weapons designed to destroy satellites during a roundtable at the Atlantic Council on Monday. Three leading researchers discussed emerging space issues, including how space should...
by Nick Hagar | Jan 6, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – The chairman of an influential House committee called Wednesday for a “complete overhaul” of the federal Small Business Administration operations because of at least 10 years of investigations showing lax loan oversight and lack of security for its...
