by Moran Zhang | Jun 29, 2011 | Business & Tech
Breast cancer patients and their families protest on Tuesday morning at FDA’s Silver Spring headquarters. Police trying to silence the protest. Shannon Morgan, a breast cancer patient, speaks in front of the panel at the Tuesday hearing. SILVER SPRING, MD. — A...
by Chelsea Whyte | Jun 29, 2011 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON – Add one more high-flying achievement to the resume of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk: Heinlein Prize Trust winner. The award, named for science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, recognizes advancements in the commercial spaceflight industry. Musk...
by Hannah G. Vickers | Jun 29, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON— It’s time for a do-not-track law to protect consumer privacy online, Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill told a Senate committee Wednesday, but she said data security may not need federal regulation. The Senate Commerce Committee debated consumer...
by Matt Mansfield | Jun 28, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Equal access to the secondary mortgage market is necessary to curb further bank concentration of the industry, Senate lawmakers from both parties said on Tuesday. Sen. Richard Shelby, the Alabama Republican who is the ranking member on the Senate...
by Courtney Subramanian | Jun 22, 2011 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — With a new wave of college graduates applying for jobs, companies are looking for the most effective ways to manage these young workers — but some managers are having a difficult time bridging the generation gap, according to a recent survey. Some...
by Matt Mansfield | Jun 8, 2011 | Business & Tech, Immigration
WASHINGTON – When Cheryl Arredondo realized her husband, Salvador, would be deported to Mexico and barred from entering the U.S. for 10 years she left her home, business and 19 year-old daughter behind in Waukegan, Ill., and drove 1,600 miles to Monterrey,...
