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...
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...
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by Bing Xiao | Oct 31, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve’s planned real-time payment system isn’t necessary and could disrupt real-time payment options created by banks and private industry, Republican Rep. Ted Budd and several financial experts said Thursday. The Fed announced in August...
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by Bing Xiao | Oct 31, 2019 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s real-time payment system could be a transfer platform for individuals and businesses, a number of top financial experts said Thursday at the American Action Forum. WASHINGTON — Three top financial experts discussed...
by Silvia Martelli | Oct 29, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Boeing’s chief executive admitted to Congress on Tuesday that the aircraft manufacturer made some mistakes in the design of its Max 737, resulting in two crashes last year that killed 346 people and the grounding of the troubled aircraft. CEO Dennis...
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by Brian Johnson | Oct 24, 2019 | Business, Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Senators on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee generally agreed Thursday that Congress must pass legislation to increase data privacy protections, but that’s where the agreement ended. Congress should pass comprehensive data privacy...
