by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 13, 2010 | Business & Tech, Environment
“Ethanol is on the offense,” said Iowa’s Jim Nussle at a press conference in Washington on Monday.(Jeniece Pettitt/MNS) WASHINGTON — More than a quarter of the ethanol in the U.S. is from the Hawkeye State, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuel Association, so it...
by Christina Lee | Apr 12, 2010 | Business & Tech
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Christina Lee/MNS WASHNGTON -In a Maryland suburb, county officials have proposed an increase in its capital budget for more construction. Patricia O’Neill, president of Montgomery County board of education, said she’s seen...
by Max Frumes | Apr 8, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Pre-emption of state laws against predatory lending was not a major cause of the financial crisis, according to testimony on Thursday by current and former federal bank regulators. A congressional commission charged with investigating the roots of...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 8, 2010 | Business & Tech, Environment
iStock WASHINGTON — The wind industry blew away all previous records in 2009 as more wind energy was added to the power supply than ever before, keeping the U.S. as the global wind leader. The industry installed more than 10,000 megawatts of new generating...
by Michael Beller | Apr 7, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—Alan Greenspan defended the end of his tenure as Chairman of the Federal Reserve before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Wednesday. Greenspan has taken a lot of heat, as he oversaw the Fed while securitization and mortgage-backed securities,...
by Beth Lawrence & Ramsen Shamon | Apr 7, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — After more than a year, Cary Chan finally got that big check from the Internal Revenue Service. “I’ve been thinking about it since March 2009,” Chan said. The 25-year-old purchased his first home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of...
