by Megan Hickey | May 16, 2013 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON – The proposed credit rating assignment system could slow markets and disrupt capital flows while creating new conflicts of interest for credit rating agencies, agency executives told the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday. Standard & Poor’s...
by Megan Hickey | May 9, 2013 | Topics
by Megan Hickey | May 8, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – NASA scientists, engineers, and space legends like Buzz Aldrin met at the Humans to Mar Summit this week to discuss the growing interest of sending humans to the Red Planet by the year 2013. Presented by the George Washington University Space Policy...
by Megan Hickey | Apr 30, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – While the U.S. ranks first in global food security, experts on Tuesday warned that significant food challenges are coming. “We are facing an unprecedented task – how we are going to feed the world over the next 50 years,” said Paul Schickler, president of...
by Megan Hickey | Apr 25, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Six years after taking the national spotlight and just weeks after President Obama’s proposed $3.1 billion pledge to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education – STEM initiatives are on the right path, although student engagement has proven to be...
