by Max Frumes | Apr 6, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The special bipartisan commission established by Congress to examine the causes of the financial crisis resumes its hearings Wednesday, taking on the heads of subprime lending institutions at the heart of the crisis and the government institutions...
by Beth Lawrence & Ramsen Shamon | Apr 5, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — April 15 is looming ever nearer. But for those who have already filed, start thinking about how you can spend that tax refund wisely. Pat Seaman, spokeswoman for the National Endowment for Financial Education, stresses that Americans should remember...
by Katie Rogers | Dec 7, 2009 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – On the heels of a heated Senate hearing regarding his second term as Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke pledged to a group of economists Monday that the U.S. economy is on the right track. The movement, though, is at more of a crawl than a clip. “We...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Dec 6, 2009 | Business & Tech
Why He Matters James Freis serves as director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury that aims to combat crimes such as money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud. As director of FinCEN, Freis works to strengthen...
by Kiran Sood | Dec 3, 2009 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — In the quest for American innovation, especially during a time of deep national recession, some experts say universities are the problem. That’s because not enough academic ideas find their way to the marketplace. Three well-known members of the...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Dec 1, 2009 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Policy changes are vital to promoting greater mobility across income levels, said panelists on opposite sides of the political spectrum on Tuesday at an Urban Institute forum on intergenerational economic mobility. According to the Economic Mobility...
