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Confusion over coronavirus threatens small businesses with layoffs, xenophobia, poor sales

Confusion over coronavirus threatens small businesses with layoffs, xenophobia, poor sales

by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Mar 10, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON— Small businesses are suffering declines in sales due to misinformation and confusion surrounding the spread of COVID-19, or Coronavirus, industry representatives said Wednesday in a hearing before congressional leaders. Andrew Chau, co-founder and...
DOT cannot satisfy consumers by clarifying definition of “unfair” and “deceptive practices”

DOT cannot satisfy consumers by clarifying definition of “unfair” and “deceptive practices”

by Bing Xiao | Feb 26, 2020 | Business, Business & Tech

WASHINGTON — Consumer advocates say the Transportation Department’s proposed new rules to protect commercial aviation passengers don’t go far enough to stop the “unfair and deceptive practices” the rules are meant to stop. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao...
US-China photovoltaic war hurts US solar projects and manufacturers

US-China photovoltaic war hurts US solar projects and manufacturers

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

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

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

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

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...
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