by Jin Wu & Siyuan Du | Jul 23, 2015 | Business & Tech, Health
WASHINGTON – You see a guy next to you in the grocery store grabbing ground beef, brown rice, green beans and carrots, which all are great stuff for a healthy dinner. But he won’t be eating it; it’s for his dog. Pets have long been considered members of their owners’...
by Lucy Ren | Jul 22, 2015 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
As financial technology companies expand their trading services to retail investors, experts are unsettled over what the democratization of these technologies means for the average investor. Financial technology firms, collectively known as “fintech,” are swiftly...
by Mallory Hughes | Jul 16, 2015 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that his city’s recent decision to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next five years will lift 600,000 LA-area earners out of poverty. “In my city, where one out of four people live in...
by Phoebe Tollefson | Jul 16, 2015 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON— U.S. The nation’s security and environmental safety are at risk because of vulnerabilities in existing pipelines, railways and other infrastructure that could cost at least $13 billion to fix, a top Energy Department official said Tuesday. Melanie...
by Lucy Ren | Jul 15, 2015 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON–A bureaucratic delay in carrying out a rule requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose payments to foreign governments for getting access to oil, gas and minerals has contributed to corruption in those countries and harm to investors at home, says a...
by Siyuan Du | Jul 13, 2015 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Monday that his country needs more bilateral trade and investment from the U.S. as it moves to privatize the energy sector and shore up its sagging economy. “The theme is not to make Ukrainian military...
