by Kelsey Sheehy | Apr 19, 2011 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Prescription drug manufacturers now must develop, implement and monitor education programs for their most potent painkillers, according to a new Food and Drug Administration requirement announced Tuesday. The new requirement is part of the Obama...
by Tania Chen | Apr 15, 2011 | Business & Tech
The executive chairman of CME Group, one of the largest over-the-counter derivatives and futures exchanges in Chicago and New York City, shares his talking points about the impending policy changes stipulated in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...
by Charles Mead | Apr 13, 2011 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama has called for tax increases on higher-income Americans and a “fail-safe” mechanism to prompt automatic spending cuts to reduce the country’s surging debt levels. “We cannot afford $1 trillion...
by Tania Chen | Apr 11, 2011 | Business & Tech
Tourists and federal workers in Washington talk about a possible government shutdown. Read more: videos.mcclatchydc.com/?vmix_hosted_apps/?p/?media?id=79020031&item_index=2&all=1&sort=NULL#ixzz1JES9nuZe
by Charles Mead | Apr 7, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — More than four years ago, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.’s co-founder, asked Congress to fix a “terrible shortfall” in the supply of visas for high-skilled foreign workers. Nothing happened. Now, technology firms warn that continued inaction may...
by Matt Mansfield | Apr 7, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON–A shutdown of the federal government could have a serious and negative impact on the nation’s housing market and homeowners, a top Obama administration official said Thursday. Shaun Donovan, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban...
