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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...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Silvia Martelli | Oct 23, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHNGTON — Facebook might have to modify its involvement in the proposed digital currency project Libra if it does not receive approval from U.S. regulators, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday at a House Financial Services Committee hearing. Libra, which...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Oct 16, 2019 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress Wednesday pressed social media companies on their role in the spread of illegal content such as child pornography and the sale of weapons and drugs. Two congressional subcommittees met to review a section of the Communications Decency...
![U.S. at risk of losing global technological leadership to China, experts say]()
by Bing Xiao | Oct 12, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – America’s leadership in high technology is threatened by China’s ambition to lead artificial intelligence market worldwide by 2030, three experts said Thursday, the same day trade talks resumed between the United States and China. Speaking at the...
by Sara Wilson | Oct 10, 2019 | Business & Tech, Energy, Featured
WASHINGTON — Washington is once again a leader in state energy efficiency standards, due at least in part to Gov. Jay Inslee’s comprehensive conservation agenda, according to the 13th annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released Tuesday by the American...
by Brian Johnson and Bing Xiao | Oct 3, 2019 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Low inflation rates are concerning economic experts because they fear the economy will stall, and there is not an easy fix for the issue. Since the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, inflation in developed countries has been low and steady, which is...
