by Kellen Henry | Oct 7, 2009 | Business & Tech, Environment
Wind Turbine Tariffs by country, from the World Trade Organization (Kellen Henry/MNS) WASHINGTON—The U.S. could fall behind in the green technology race and lose the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs if it does not bolster its trade export policies...
by Jin Wu & Phoebe Tollefson | Oct 1, 2009 | Business & Tech, Topics
Get the Flash Player to see this player. Stop Unfair Credit Card Fees Petition (Alex Thomas/MNS) WASHINGTON – Convenience store owners are calling attention to what they describe as unfair credit card fees. 7-Eleven franchise owners across the U.S. recently...
by Taylor Hall, Jenny Leonard, & Xiaolan Tang | Oct 1, 2009 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Last week’s Food and Drug Administration ban on flavors in cigarettes has smokers and tobacco industry workers alike fearing that menthols might be next. “Menthol is a very large segment of the cigarette business,” said John Anderson, owner of W....
by Kiran Sood | Sep 30, 2009 | Business & Tech
Program curator David DeVorkin interviews Galileo himself, portrayed by actor Mike Francis. (Kiran Sood/MNS) WASHINGTON – On a crisp fall Wednesday morning on the National Mall under a mostly cloudy but bright sky, area residents had their first chance to look through...
by Katie Rogers | Sep 29, 2009 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Dried-up credit markets continue to frustrate small business owners, but some are beginning to look to nontraditional business models – even experimenting with free goods and services – to generate revenue. Molly Gimmel, 41, was among the hundreds of...
