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....
by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu & Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Jul 27, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) — Senators criticized NASA Wednesday for not spending enough money on the Trump administration-backed mission of sending humans to Mars in near future — urging the agency to make “tough decisions” and focus more on...
by Charlene Zhang | Jul 26, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission’s is too aggressive in trying to prevent fraud by payment processors that act as middlemen between online retailers and banks, catching legitimate processors in its attempt to stop scam, Electronic Transaction...
by Brian Baker | Jul 26, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Government rules for federally registered apprenticeship programs are too restrictive, forcing the manufacturing, construction and health care industries to create their own programs, industry leaders told a Senate committee Thursday. “We have an...
by Jinman Li | Jul 25, 2018 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Warning of the “harm and damage being done right now” to U.S. businesses by escalating trade disputes, Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson urged the Trump Administration to stay focussed on China, rather than America’s allies. “The real problem...
by Minghe Hu & Jinman Li | Jul 19, 2018 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON – Some businesses want to use blockchain technologies so they can have a more secure and convenient transaction environment, but lack of a uniform standard is a roadblock that the federal government could solve, some business leaders told the Congressional...