by Maggie Harden | Jan 31, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The substantial declines in teen pregnancy over the last 20 years have saved the country billions of dollars, a sign that President Donald Trump’s recent cuts to teen pregnancy prevention programs could end up costing the government in increased...
by Maggie Harden | Jan 24, 2018 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The recently passed federal tax bill is one of the most significant tax code rewrites in U.S. history, according to Laura Wheeler, a senior fiscal researcher at Georgia State University. Wheeler and four other tax experts, speaking Wednesday at the Urban...
by Kristina Karisch | Jan 17, 2018 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — European countries are major players in North American imports and exports so their impact should be considered in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, experts on international trade said Wednesday. The experts, hosted by the...
by David Gernon | Nov 28, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A World Bank Group official announced Monday an all-time high for countries implementing its reforms they say increase the ease of doing business. Augusto Lopez-Claros, a top official at the World Bank Group, said 137 economies around the world...
by Michelle Kim | Nov 16, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The United States should bar Chinese state-owned enterprises from acquiring U.S. companies – takeovers that give China an unfair advantage in trade relations, according to a report released Wednesday by a congressional advisory panel. While Chinese...
by Evelyn Wang | Nov 16, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Top fashion industry leaders said Wednesday that immigration policies will hurt their competitive capacity if they do not continue to allow robust legal immigration and protections for illegal immigrants because foreign-born entrepreneurs, creative talent...
by Rishika Dugyala | Nov 15, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump needs to show the world that his promise to “Make America Great Again” will focus on powerful American leadership that upholds existing free trade deals and military alliances, experts said Tuesday. World leaders are worried...
by Marissa Page | Nov 7, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could make it easier to sue foreign governments in U.S. courts, an outcome that a Justice Department lawyer said would damage foreign relations. Oklahoma oil company Helmerich & Payne...
by David Gernon | Nov 7, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — It is “absolutely in the interest of the United States” to support Taiwan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership despite China’s position that the island nation should be under its umbrella, according to Robert Wang, a former State department...
by David Gernon | Nov 1, 2016 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A book released Tuesday details how the political climate today in many ways resembles the time immediately preceding the Franklin Roosevelt presidency and the opportunities that presents American democracy. Sabeel Rashman, a former official at the...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 31, 2016 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court spent part of its Halloween listening to arguments on whether chevrons, zigzags, and color patterns worn on cheerleader uniforms can be copyrighted under federal law. The problem is determining where the functional design of the uniform...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 26, 2016 | Business, Featured, Living, Technology
WASHINGTON — Smartphones and mobile apps can help end poverty, but only if traditional social programs carefully integrate technology into safety net services, according to technology experts. The problem, it seems, is that existing social programs, designed to...
