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China poses threats to U.S. through technology transfers

China poses threats to U.S. through technology transfers

by Charlene Zhang | Jul 19, 2018 | Business & Tech, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON – China’s systematic technology transfers through industrial espionage, state-sponsored theft and infiltrating academia are acts of war and should be combated aggressively, experts and members of Congress said Thursday. “We need to quit talking about...

Payment and lending fintechs gearing up for OCC’s “fintech charter” decision

by Jinman Li | Jul 19, 2018 | Business & Tech

WASHINGTON — When Manu Smadja and his partner founded financial technology startup Mpower Financing in 2014, the online lender was only licensed to operate in Washington, D.C., New York and Massachusetts. Like many other nonbank loan originators that aspire to...

FDA chief says pharmas use rebates to block biosimilar competition

by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu | Jul 19, 2018 | Business & Tech, Health

WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Wednesday blamed pharmaceutical companies for manipulating rebates to stymie competition, which blocks patients’ access to affordable copycat drugs and costs them billions in higher-cost...
EU to impose tariff quotas on foreign steel

EU to impose tariff quotas on foreign steel

by Giulia Petroni | Jul 18, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – The European Union will impose import tariff quotas of 25% on a number of steel products Thursday to protect the European market from the effects of the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, the European Commission announced Wednesday. The provisional...
Stiglitz: Multiple layers of financial regulation well worth costs

Stiglitz: Multiple layers of financial regulation well worth costs

by Jinman Li | Jul 16, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON — The U.S. needs multiple layers of regulation of the finance industry because the damage from malfunction is so much higher than the costs, a Nobel economics laureate said Monday. Joseph Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University, who was the Nobel...
U.S. Businesses Need to Prep For Brexit: Brexit Negotiator

U.S. Businesses Need to Prep For Brexit: Brexit Negotiator

by Jinman Li | Jul 13, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – American businesses should be prepared for the EU and British markets to be separate, but the EU will remain a major trading partner with the U.S. despite Great Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said...
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