by Megan Hickey | Jun 7, 2013 | Topics
WASHINGTON – Horrific events over the last six years have re-ignited the gun control debate and raised questions about severe mental illness and gun ownership. While lawmakers spar over gun control measures on Capitol Hill, it has become increasingly difficult to...
by Megan Hickey | Jun 6, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – The fledgling “wireless healthcare” industry is calling on Congress to promote technology that allows patients to collect and monitor their own health data on smartphones and other devices. Wireless technology can mean anything from ingestible sensors to...
by Megan Hickey | May 22, 2013 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON – Quantitative easing is here to stay, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who testified before the Joint Economic Committee Wednesday. The monetary policy that has flooded the economy with $85 billion dollars worth of treasury bonds over...
by Megan Hickey | May 21, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The failure to harmonize the cross-border application of derivative rules “will be damaging,” according to IntercontinentalExchange Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Sprecher, who testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill at a hearing on the future of the Commodity...
by Megan Hickey | May 16, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Amid falling steel prices, a “steel renaissance” depends on the development of cost-competitive energy prices, according to steel executives speaking Thursday. The steel company executives highlighted industrial energy efficiency efforts when they met...
