by Celena Chong | Feb 10, 2016 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — An agricultural coalition is urging Congress to promote free trade with Cuba by lifting the 55-year-old trade embargo by the end of this year. President Barack Obama has already lifted the ban on travel to Cuba, made licenses to export commodities...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 9, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON- Cary James spent four years getting a degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University. But after a few years of working in her field, she quit and became an electrician apprentice. The Obama administration Tuesday proposed a $2 billion...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Feb 9, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – More than 200 federal employees from as far away as California rallied on Capitol Hill on a rainy Tuesday to demand that Congress raise wages for federal workers by 5.3 percent, well above the pay hike proposed by President Barack Obama in his 2017...
by Celena Chong | Feb 3, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Colombia is at the brink of ending a decades-long battle against the FARC guerrillas, making the country a great investment for the U.S., Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday. It...
by Tyler Kendall and Celena Chong | Feb 3, 2016 | Business
Tech CEOs are much more interested in a potential presidential bid by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg than throwing their support behind Hillary Clinton, according to one expert who tracks the industry. Greg Ferenstein’s new e-book, “The Age of Optimists: A...
by Geordan Tilley | Feb 1, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Terrell McSweeny said Monday that increased transparency is the best way to deal with the threat posed to consumer privacy by continued data collection. McSweeny spoke to a small audience at the Brookings...
by Nick Hagar | Feb 1, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Hong Kong is the most economically free country in the world again this year, while the United States places 11th, according to a think tank report. The right-leaning Heritage Foundation publishes a yearly “Index of Economic Freedom” that scores...
by Tyler Kendall | Jan 28, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – A new documentary proclaims that mobile app development isn’t just for boys anymore. CodeGirl shows that from young women in Nigeria solving waste disposal problems to high school students in Massachusetts promoting positive campus environments,...
by Mariana Alfaro | Jan 28, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Companies’ trade secrets, which are vital to their growth, would be better protected from industrial spies under a bill creating federal standards to prosecute violators while still maintaining the integrity of the information. The Defend Trade...
by Nick Hagar | Jan 28, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — Federal research and development programs that aid innovative small businesses such as iRobot, should be renewed, experts said at a Senate committee hearing Thursday. The two r&d programs – nicknamed “America’s seed fund” – support small...
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 Celena Chong | Jan 27, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve voted unanimously to leave the benchmark interest and discount rates untouched at 0.5 percent, but expects to keep raising rates gradually throughout the rest of 2016, the Fed announced Wednesday. The central bank froze the rate...
