Medill Minute 7/18/13

by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Jul 18, 2013 | Topics

Behind the scenes of Bernanke’s visit to the Hill

by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Jul 17, 2013 | Business & Tech, Topics

Twice a year the most powerful man in banking testifies before Congress. Wednesday was “Day 1” of what is expected to be Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s last visit to Congress. As always it was a packed house, and the Congressmen, the markets...

Botanic Garden will soon smell like death

by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Jul 16, 2013 | Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — What’s that smell? Nothing yet. The odorous, soon-to-bloom Titan Arum plant is drawing eager crowds at the U.S. Botanic Garden. The six-foot Indonesian flower has been on display since July 11, and officials said it will likely bloom Wednesday. When...

Can new technology stop robocalls?

by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Jul 11, 2013 | Business & Tech

WASHINGTON –U.S. telecommunications companies need to deploy the latest technology to improve consumer protection from unsolicited robocalls, the chairwoman of the Senate consumer protection subcommittee said Wednesday. But telecommunications industry officials were...

Consumers’ financial privacy questioned

by Emily Hoerner & Amina Ismail | Jul 9, 2013 | Business & Tech

WASHINGTON – Republicans on a key House financial committee Tuesday criticized a top official of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for not revealing how many consumers have had their financial information collected by the agency. The hearing was in response to...