by Medha Imam | Mar 2, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — American motorists may soon sense Big Brother peering through their rearview mirrors as the government now has a way of monitoring automobiles. Experts on Monday said the government acknowledges privacy, safety and security concerns that may surface from...
by Medha Imam | Feb 27, 2015 | Business
By Medha Imam Rebecca Ayers crawls out of bed with her phone in tow and ambles into her home office. From the moment she wakes up to the second she clocks out, Ayers leads a team of workers from three different states through a trail of instant messages,...
by Medha Imam | Feb 25, 2015 | Business
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices strongly questioned Abercrombie & Fitch Wednesday over the company’s refusal to hire a Muslim woman because she wore a headscarf. Claiming Abercrombie violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal...
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 25, 2015 | Business
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen faced criticism Wednesday that the central bank—and her monetary policy—is too politically influenced. Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., said her numerous meetings with President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Jacob...
by Nancy Wang | Feb 25, 2015 | Business
WASHINGTON—As Congress debates whether to continue financing the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a top official at the Commerce Department said on Wednesday that shutting down the Ex-Im would hurt small business and American competitiveness in global trade. “We are the only...
by Bailey Williams | Feb 18, 2015 | Business
By Bailey Williams WASHINGTON — Preventing independent international airlines from competing with U.S. and European Union approved airlines could inhibit American economic growth, advocates of open-skies agreements said Wednesday. Five representatives from various...
by Nancy Wang | Feb 18, 2015 | Business
By Nancy Wang When Megan Smith was asked to leave her comfortable life as a high-ranking executive at Google in Silicon Valley, she jumped at the opportunity. “This is a place to do extraordinary service,” says Smith, the Chief Technology Officer of the United States,...
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 18, 2015 | Business
By Olivia Marcus WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — When it comes to the battle over net neutrality, enemy lines seem to be linked to money. “Campaign contributions don’t tell the whole story, but they tell a lot of the story,” said Bill Allison of the campaign finance...
by Astrid Goh | Feb 18, 2015 | Business
By Astrid Goh WASHINGTON—Growth in the Turkish economy could be stunted if it fails to modernize its 20-year-old customs union with the European Union, experts said at a Brookings panel Wednesday morning. Turkey, a country of almost 76 million people, which had...
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 11, 2015 | Business, Politics
By Olivia Marcus WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Penn., turned red with anger Wednesday. “You talk about waterboarding, this is waterboarding at its worst,” he said. But Kelly wasn’t talking about torture. He wasn’t even at a...
by Tara Longardner | Feb 10, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON- Amid driver misconduct allegations against ridesharing companies such as Uber, a new think tank report shows there is no evidence that passengers are in more danger in rideshare cars than they are in taxis. Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft have...
by William Hicks | Feb 10, 2015 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON- Lawmakers on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation that would protect U.S. businesses from foreign currency manipulation. The top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, said the plan has support in the House and...
