by Grant Schwab | Dec 1, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
The story of FTX’s collapse is one of intra-office romantic entanglements, a prescient commercial by the company comically predicting its own demise, a stadium naming-rights deal gone sour, and an unintentional tell-all interview. It’s also a story of Congress failing...
by Grant Schwab | Oct 19, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — A new report from the Federal Reserve noted that Americans are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the direction of the U.S. economy. That doesn’t necessarily suggest a recession is coming. Current conditions across industries and regions are mixed,...
by Grant Schwab | Oct 19, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — The so-called Great Resignation — the historic jump in the number of Americans quitting jobs — may not be so great after all. The average length of time an American worker stays at a job, it turns out, is the same compared to pre-pandemic times, according...
by Zoya Mirza | Mar 6, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
The sizzling and spattering of hot oil could be heard from the other side of the kitchen as chef Jaycee Couch laid silver-hued mackerels on a cooking range one by one. Nearby, the soothing sound of water bubbling in a pot, the comforting sight of chicken thighs...
by Julia Shapero | Feb 24, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
Mike Fong’s interest in public service may have begun with a fruitcake. Every year during the holidays, Fong’s great grandfather, Jack Eng, who lived in Spokane, would hand-deliver a fruitcake to his congressman, Tom Foley. Foley – who spent 30 years representing...
by Katherine Huggins | Feb 16, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical companies say they’re hoping to improve drug development and approval for rare diseases, the majority of which lack FDA-approved treatments. There are over 7,000 rare diseases in the U.S. and only...