by Hannah Levitt | Aug 21, 2017 | Business & Tech
Bitcoin has been in the news a lot lately. It’s been tied to the Russian hacking outfit known as Fancy Bear, recent “Game of Thrones” leaks by cyberattackers demanding a ransom, China’s nouveau riche millennials and something called bitcoin cash. And its...
by Hannah Levitt | Aug 18, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Business reporter Hannah Levitt discusses the top business news this week: the dissolution of President Donald Trump’s business councils, the stock market, and the start of the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation. Special guest...
by Mengjie(Jessie) Jiang | Aug 18, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The recent military standoff between China and India over territory in a remote area of the Himalayas has exacerbated resentment in India at the growth of Chinese imports, but India is too dependent on those imports to block trade in retaliation,...
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by Yemeng Yang | Aug 17, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said he wants to work on housing finance reform – including the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — in the second half of 2017, but the issue has stalled in Congress and is unlikely to get much attention this...
by Hannah Levitt | Aug 11, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Business reporter Hannah Levitt discusses the top business news this week: the Volatility Index (VIX), Snap, Inc. earnings, an interesting memo from a (now former) Google employee, and Disney’s new streaming services....
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by Haley Velasco | Aug 9, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to fund broadband companies to provide better connectivity, including broadband and 4G LTE, to areas that are unserved. “Access to high speed internet needs to be as much...
