by Mara Grbenick | Jun 7, 2012 | Topics
One of the perks of being a credentialed Washington journalist is access to the White House, and getting a glimpse of what happens behind-the-scenes of the journalism that happens there. Here are some selected pictures from my experience covering events and press...
by Mara Grbenick | May 29, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama opposes a push by Congress to double the 3.4 % interest rate on federal Stafford student loans, but Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Fastweb.com and Finaid.org, has a different message: Let the rate expire in July as currently mandated...
by Mara Grbenick | May 24, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Real estate and mortgage industry leaders urged a Senate committee on Thursday to back a plan that would lower interest rates for homeowners with government-owned mortgages. Appearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Mark Zandi, chief economist and...
by Mara Grbenick | May 23, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators said Tuesday they are investigating recent trading losses at powerhouse bank J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., continuing the nearly two-year long debate on how to fund financial reform. “We’re investigating right now whether their earnings...
by Mara Grbenick | May 22, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The first thing you hear is a charge — a high-pitched, electronic whine and within minutes the whirring settles into a roar as the speeding train whizzes along the track at 200 miles per hour, streaking across the landscape. The emotion of the...
