US-China photovoltaic war hurts US solar projects and manufacturers

by Bing Xiao | Jan 24, 2020 | Business & Tech

Although solar industry officials have praised the Jan. 15 trade deal between the United States and China, the trade war between the two nations’ solar industries continues and U.S. companies have been hurt the worst. Since President Donald Trump placed tariffs on...

Shared electric scooters explode in U.S., mixing convenience with potential problems

by Bing Xiao | Dec 9, 2019 | Business & Tech

Washington — In September 2017, a shared electric scooter appeared for the first time in the U.S. on the streets of Santa Monica, California. Two years later, according to Santa Monica government data, more than 2,000 electric scooters have been added, \operated...

TikTok tries to expand in U.S. market even if struggling

by Bing Xiao | Dec 9, 2019 | Business & Tech

WASHNGTON – TikTok, the video social networking app owned by Chinese-based conglomerate ByteDance, has launched a campaign to fight back against the U.S. government’s decision to label it a threat to national security because of its data collection by saying all its...

Nuclear power plants require significant subsidies to keep operating, experts say

by Niko Boskovic | Dec 7, 2019 | Business & Tech

WASHINGTON – Nuclear energy companies, most of whose costs exceed revenues, are often filing for bankruptcy to obtain federal subsidies. “According to the data we gathered nuclear power plants are losing money right now, some of them to the extent where they can’t...

Tech giants Google, Amazon and Facebook accused of posing threat to small business

by Silvia Martelli | Nov 15, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON — Tech giants Amazon, Google and Facebook are facing increasing scrutiny from Congress over their online dominance and potential to threaten thousands of small businesses that compete with them. The criticism has ramped up over the past year, especially...

China’s surveillance technology grows beyond the mainland, experts say

by Bing Xiao | Nov 6, 2019 | Business & Tech

WASHINGTON –China’s authoritarian regime has created a new era in techno-governance with the deployment of surveillance nationwide and the designation of high-tech companies as the databases, several experts said Wednesday. Since the end of 2016, China has enhanced...