by Kate Shepherd | Jun 9, 2011 | Topics
Spending time around powerful people is intoxicating. Hanging around in the halls of power is one of Washington biggest draws. The D.C. brand of celebrity differs from Los Angeles. Celebrity-driven reporting is not a fixture in Washington. TMZ reporters and paparazzi...
by Kate Shepherd | Jun 8, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON, June 8 — A group of U.S. senators is crafting a bipartisan plan to cut $4.7 trillion from the budget deficit over 10 years, two of the group’s leaders said Wednesday. The leaders of the U.S. Senate’s “Gang of Six” deficit...
by Kate Shepherd | Jun 1, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — An economist for polling giant Gallup told a congressional committee on Wednesday that small businesses are struggling to get credit despite other signs of life in the still-fragile U.S. economy. “We are certainly in a soft patch,” said Gallup’s chief...
by Kate Shepherd | May 26, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair urged lawmakers on Thursday to raise the debt ceiling to avoid a government debt disaster, warning that global investor confidence in the U.S. is at stake. Testifying before a House Financial...
