by Xinyi(Ethel) Jiang | Apr 25, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON —Senior Securities and Exchange Commission staff indicated Monday at a roundtable discussion on improving equity market structure that it would consider actions to increase liquidity of thinly-traded securities. “I think we all agree that there are issues...
by Xinyi(Ethel) Jiang | Apr 12, 2018 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON — A coalition of U.S. businesses told Congress Wednesday the Trump administration’s plan of steadily imposing more punitive tariffs on China is “counterproductive” and will not resolve a steep trade imbalance or help American...
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by Anna Kook | Apr 11, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – It is no longer in question whether all jobs will be automated, the head of the Institute for New Economic Thinking said Tuesday. The real question rests in when that automation will occur and which sectors of society will be affected sooner than...
by Xinyi(Ethel) Jiang | Apr 6, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – The U.S. monthly trade deficit hit another high of $57.6 billion in February, the highest level since November 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced Thursday. But several experts say increased tariffs aren’t the solution. The monthly...
by Jasmine Khayami | Mar 21, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – Last week, the beloved toy store chain, Toys “R” Us, announced it would be selling or closing all of its U.S. stores. This announcement came just 6 months after the company filed for Chapter 10 bankruptcy in September last year....
by Matt Sussis | Mar 21, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON—Vertical mergers—or combinations of companies which are not direct competitors—usually face relatively little regulatory scrutiny and rarely go to court. But legal experts say the high-stakes trial over the potential $85 billion merger between Time Warner...
