by Kate Shepherd | May 24, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — House Republicans stepped up their attacks on Elizabeth Warren Tuesday, contending the Obama administration official charged with setting up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had lied to Congress. Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina,...
by Kate Shepherd | May 16, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Data breaches and other cyber security threats pose a serious risk for small businesses across the country, but many owners are not aware of how grave the danger is, experts said in a roundtable discussion Monday. It is becoming easier for...
by Kate Shepherd | May 11, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON— House Republicans on Wednesday took aim at a whistleblower provision of a recent bank reform law, part of a broader attempt to limit the impact of the legislation. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican, introduced draft legislation at a House Committee...
by Kate Shepherd | May 10, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The head of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the Dodd-Frank financial reform law must “be fully implemented” to avert another meltdown in the U.S. economy. Commission Chairman Phil Angelides said the...
by Kate Shepherd | Apr 27, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON— The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is saving millions of federal dollars by moving to Google applications. The Internal Revenue Service has saved hundreds of millions of dollars through online filing. Such technology advances are key to saving...
