by Molly Born | Jul 25, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Three times as many people died or were injured last year trespassing on Maryland train tracks than in 2009, adding to the state’s rising number of trespasser casualties, according to Federal Railroad Administration data. Between January and...
by Gabrielle Levy | Jul 25, 2011 | Business & Tech, Education, Topics
Business leaders seek better return on investment WASHINGTON — Big business and the Obama administration are teaming up to better target the $3.5 billion corporations invest in the U.S. education system each year, with a focus on fixing lagging skills in science,...
by Kaitlin Meehan | Jul 21, 2011 | Business & Tech
With two weeks left before the federal government runs out of money to pay its bills, Congressional leaders are still debating whether to raise the debt ceiling. Kaitlin Meehan sat down with Congresswoman Donna Christensen, D-Virgin Islands, to talk about the possible...
by Hannah G. Vickers | Jul 21, 2011 | Business & Tech, Education
WASHINGTON – Vermont colleges and universities may soon be adding another tool to prevent sexual assaults on campus —a smart phone app. Thanks to a national competition, called Apps Against Abuse, schools could see an application that will encourage young men and...
by Kaitlin Meehan | Jul 21, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s choice for a seat on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sparred with Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday on the agency’s implementation of the Dodd-Frank bill. In his first confirmation hearing before...
by Dorothy Zhang | Jul 21, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The Dodd-Frank law is slowly kicking into U.S. consumers’ lives, one year after the most sweeping U.S. financial regulation since the Great Depression was enacted. The ways the overhaul touches regular people can be seen in the creation of a...
