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by Brian Baker | Aug 17, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Investors hurt by more than a decade of low interest rates are searching for higher returns in uncharted areas, leading to a boom in the litigation finance industry, where lawsuits are funded by third parties. “I think in this market, especially with...
by Charlene Zhang | Aug 17, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said closing the digital divide is his top priority, but lawmakers at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing Thursday worried that inaccurate maps of broadband coverage...
by Minghe Hu | Aug 14, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON- U.S. import prices remained flat in July as rising fuel prices were offset by a drop in other products’ prices caused by a strong dollar in the market, the Labor Department announced Tuesday. However, import prices were up 4.8 percent from the same month...
by Charlene Zhang | Aug 3, 2018 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – China’s decision Friday to retaliate against the Trump administration’s planned 25% tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports instead of waiting for a World Trade Organization ruling shows China “can’t long endure a trade war” because its economy is so...
by Minghe Hu & Jinman Li | Aug 1, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – As data is transferred around the globe, dozens of countries are creating barriers to cross-border data flow, but a number of U.S. business and technology experts say the result will reduce international commerce and increase costs. Instead, they said,...
by Juliette Rocheleau | Aug 1, 2018 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — It’s been 21 months since the 2016 election, when Russian interference across social media platforms sought to deepen the wedge between U.S. citizens at different ends of the political spectrum. But the social media meddling did not end there....
