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Stiglitz: Multiple layers of financial regulation well worth costs

Stiglitz: Multiple layers of financial regulation well worth costs

by Jinman Li | Jul 16, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON — The U.S. needs multiple layers of regulation of the finance industry because the damage from malfunction is so much higher than the costs, a Nobel economics laureate said Monday. Joseph Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University, who was the Nobel...

12 Russians indicted in Mueller probe

by Ashley Graham | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department on Friday charged 12 Russian officals with federal crimes for allegedly interfering with the 2016 presidential election, the first the charges in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 election to directly...
U.S. Businesses Need to Prep For Brexit: Brexit Negotiator

U.S. Businesses Need to Prep For Brexit: Brexit Negotiator

by Jinman Li | Jul 13, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – American businesses should be prepared for the EU and British markets to be separate, but the EU will remain a major trading partner with the U.S. despite Great Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said...
GAO: Some hospitals pocket savings from program meant to lower costs for low-income patients

GAO: Some hospitals pocket savings from program meant to lower costs for low-income patients

by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON — A federal program that requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to sell discounted drugs to certain health care providers was intended to expand services and lower costs for low-income consumers. But federal investigators found some hospitals are keeping the...
Jane Fonda lobbies for harassment protections for domestic workers

Jane Fonda lobbies for harassment protections for domestic workers

by Basma Amer & Loumay Alesali | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Hollywood icon Jane Fonda joined forces with domestic workers Thursday to urge Congress to provide better protections against sexual harassment for in-home workers. “This is not a new thing for me to want to stand with women workers. When the MeToo...
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...
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