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Senate committee proposes harsher penalties for bad credit reporting practices

Senate committee proposes harsher penalties for bad credit reporting practices

by Xin Liu | Jul 12, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON — A senate committee is considering a proposal to give the FTC more authority to supervise credit bureaus and impose harsher civil penalties from those that don’t follow standard credit reporting procedures and report wrongful data. A Federal Trade...
Ryan Says Tariffs Won’t Solve Trade Issues

Ryan Says Tariffs Won’t Solve Trade Issues

by Brian Baker | Jul 12, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are not the answer to global trade issues and risk America’s leadership role in global trade. “New tariffs are not the solution,” Ryan said during a speech to the...
New Digs? Late arrival? Four things to know about D.C. United’s new Audi Field

New Digs? Late arrival? Four things to know about D.C. United’s new Audi Field

by Athena Liu | Jul 10, 2018 | Featured, Sports

WASHINGTON – Monday was moving day for D.C. United: After 22 seasons of competing in a nearly 60-year-old stadium originally built for the Washington Redskins, the team finally took possession of their own home –Audi Field in southeast Washington. The United held a...
Rooney’s first D.C. United practice shows his promise to raise team playing level

Rooney’s first D.C. United practice shows his promise to raise team playing level

by Athena Liu | Jul 6, 2018 | Featured, Sports

WASHINGTON – At his first practice with D.C. United on Friday, English soccer star Wayne Rooney already was showing not only his strong attacking skills but his ability to be a team leader and help elevate the play of his teammate, head coach Ben Olsen said. Rooney...
Congress headed toward approving added strength to block foreign investments in U.S.

Congress headed toward approving added strength to block foreign investments in U.S.

by Jinman Li | Jul 6, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – A bill awaiting final congressional approval would beef up a Treasury program’s ability to review foreign investments for national security threats, especially related to intellectual property – a measure that experts say is largely aimed at China. The...

America’s July 4th fireworks cost more than $1 billion

by Loumay Alesali | Jul 6, 2018 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON-  The cost of this year’s July 4th professional displays and all of those consumer fireworks was about $1.2 billion, the executive director of American Pyrotechnics Association said Thursday. And it might have been even higher if some displays hadn’t been...
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