by Katie Murar | Aug 25, 2016 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON— Democrats are urging President Barack Obama to sidestep congressional Republicans who are blocking increased funding for the National Park Service and use his executive authority to expand the national park system. Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Dina...
by Katie Murar | Aug 24, 2016 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—The annual Federal Reserve economic policy symposium that starts Thursday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming offers an opportunity for Fed Chair Janet Yellen to signal her intentions on interest rates but also for economic experts from around the world to examine the...
by Katie Murar | Aug 24, 2016 | Business & Tech, Transportation
To tip, or not to tip. That is the question Uber and Lyft customers are facing these days. Uber’s insistence on not including in-app tipping is frustrating drivers, complicating the future for America’s largest ride-sharing service. From the San Francisco-based...
by Xiumei Dong and Yunfei Zhao | Aug 16, 2016 | Business & Tech
WEST MIFFLIN, PA. — Along the Monongahela, stretching from West Virginia to downtown Pittsburgh, a few steel plants still shadow the river banks, supporting thousands of families with good- paying jobs. For these stalwarts of the middle class, steel is more than...
by Katie Murar | Aug 16, 2016 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Raising the minimum wage is a hot topic in the 2016 campaign, made more interesting by Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s plan: he wants to eliminate the 78-year-old standard altogether. The former New Mexico governor’s approach...
by Harvard Zhang | Aug 11, 2016 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — A stronger U.S. dollar will likely lead to a gradual depreciation in the yuan over the next 12 months as China strives to limit economic volatility. That’s the view of some economists and foreign-exchange strategists. They say the dollar will strengthen...
