by Max Frumes | May 6, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Bubbles, tsunamis, implosions oh my: The financial world struggles to explain complex concepts to regulators, at times turning to metaphors that would make an English teacher cringe. Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, who led the regulators...
by Holly LaFon & Zachary Vasile | May 5, 2010 | Business & Tech
California Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, (left) and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, discuss their meetings with federal officials at a press conference in Washington Wednesday.(Abby Sewell/MNS) WASHINGTON — California...
by Max Frumes | May 5, 2010 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON –The Obama administration gave $220 million Tuesday to 15 programs aimed at digitizing health care information around the country while adding more than 1,000 jobs right away. WASHINGTON — During a short White House ceremony, Vice President Joe Biden,...
by Christina Lee | May 4, 2010 | Business & Tech
Photo credit: Bayer WASHINGTON — Getting a finger prick to draw a droplet of blood more than eight times a day was a major lifestyle change for George Dove, who was 8 when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. But recently, the now 12-year-old’s routine glucose...
by Christina Lee | Apr 29, 2010 | Business & Tech, Topics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. See new technologies in plastic surgery Christina Lee/MNS WASHINGTON – Several cosmetic surgery companies demonstrated that tough economic conditions haven’t held them back, debuting a variety of technological...
by Beth Lawrence & Ramsen Shamon | Apr 28, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — April is an exhausting month. On top of pulling practical jokes (April Fool’s), honoring Gaia (Earth Day), settling debts with Uncle Sam (Tax Day) and dragging your kids to the cubicle (Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day), April is also a...
