by GILLIAN WHITE | Dec 5, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The real fight over the fiscal cliff is not about deficit reduction but politics and growing financial inequality in America, according to Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Sanders points to figures about the divide between the wealthiest one...
by GILLIAN WHITE | Nov 27, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – The economies of the United States and countries in the European Union will recover only if leaders can commit to long-term and decisive policies sooner rather than later, according to the most-recent economic outlook report by the OECD. The...
by GILLIAN WHITE | Nov 20, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski hailed the rise of broadband Internet as a “game changer” that is reshaping economies and the dissemination of information across the globe. Yet some critics say that when it comes to the...
by GILLIAN WHITE | Nov 19, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — As Asian countries garner the majority of the world’s attention, global growth opportunities in Latin American countries have been treated with “benign neglect,” according to foreign policy and financial experts who spoke at a panel Monday. The...
by GILLIAN WHITE | Nov 14, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — As the Federal Communications Commission gears up for the second phase of its Connect America Fund, some have said that FCC strategies for ensuring broadband build-out “defy logic” and leave critical wireless carriers underfunded. The Connect America Fund...