by Geordan Tilley | Mar 17, 2016 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders’ big win in Michigan emphasized just how important international trade is in the presidential campaign. While the Trans-Pacific Partnership awaits ratification in Congress, Sanders is campaigning on his opposition to the deal and the...
by Geordan Tilley | Mar 16, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Valentine’s Day this year was less than sweet for Google. For the first time since it began testing autonomous cars in 2009, one of Google’s cars caused an accident. It was the 17th accident for a Google Autonomous Vehicle in California, but...
by Nick Hagar | Mar 14, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — The nation’s chief technology officer called Monday for top tech talent to join a White House team in modernizing government. “It’s an honor to get to work in the federal government on behalf of the American people,” said Megan Smith, who has served...
by Nick Hagar | Mar 7, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — A JP Morgan Chase executive called Monday for scrutiny of how financial regulations, imposed in the aftermath of the financial crisis, limit liquidity during times of slower trading and lower volume in the market. Sandra O’Connor, chief regulatory affairs...
by Celena Chong | Mar 2, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – The roots of Apple’s struggle to avoid compromising the security of its famed iPhone reach back to Edward Snowden’s leak of nearly 2 million documents classified by the National Security Agency. In the aftermath of that massive breach in 2014, Apple...
by Alex Duner | Mar 2, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Amid talk of spectrum policy and 5G wireless networks, Senate Republicans piled on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler Wednesday over the FCC’s decision to protect net neutrality. A report published this week by Sen. Ron Johnson,...
by Nick Hagar | Feb 29, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — The promise of tomorrow is a long-time coming. In 1943, a Western Airlines advertisement declared: “TOMORROW, you can live a new life of unhurried speed, where family helicopters, super airliners and many amazing new machines will provide ample leisure.”...
by Allyson Chiu | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Environment
WASHINGTON– With rising concerns about climate conditions, private companies are joining with the government to fund the innovative technology needed to upgrade renewable power sources and cut back on energy use, experts said Monday. The Advanced Research...
by Nick Hagar | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — A prominent financial figure highlighted a new way of funding social programs Monday – social impact bonds, contracts that bring private money to ventures that can improve society. By bringing increased capital to social programs, social impact bonds...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Politics
Matthew Petersen might have made the best financial decision of his life when he was fifteen. For $1, he bought the Star ’85 Chicago Bulls basketball card team set—a bundle that included a Michael Jordan rookie card. In 2016, that piece of cardboard is selling on eBay...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 29, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON—Funmi Ayeni, a junior at Morgan State University, wants to be a National Institutes of Health researcher and work on improving mental health care in underdeveloped countries in Africa. Ayeni, a psychology major, is applying to graduate school, working on...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 23, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on whether robbing a drug dealer inherently hurts the dealer, thus violating commerce laws, or whether prosecutors must prove actual harm in a case involving the theft of a single marijuana cigarette,...
