by Annie Klingenberg | Feb 8, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
Minority and women-owned businesses risk being sidelined in federal contracts, awarded to implement the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that Congress passed last year, unless deliberate action is taken to ensure they have equal access to succeed in the bidding...
by Michael Korsh | Feb 1, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
Criminals have used the vulnerability to launch attacks against companies and governments WASHINGTON — In the months since the Apache Software Foundation announced a major security vulnerability in its Log4j 2 software library, cybersecurity experts have said...
by Michael Korsh | Jan 28, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — As financial institutions have experienced a spike in pandemic-related fraud and cybercrime, minority-owned banks face an additional challenge: They’re often the only point of access for minority communities to participate in the economy. According...
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by Katherine Huggins | Jan 27, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Tom Rice are trying to make it easier for rural residents to charge electric vehicles and farm equipment. Spanberger, a Virginia Democrat, recently introduced legislation co-sponsored by South Carolina Republican Rice...
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by Ariel Gans | Jan 20, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway stressed the negative effect of telework on Madison businesses Wednesday, and urged mayors gathered from around the country to consider its long-term implications on their cities as well as solutions to get people to increase...
by Katherine Huggins | Dec 8, 2021 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Chief executives of six cryptocurrency companies testified before Congress on Wednesday, as legislators contemplate increased regulation and oversight of the rapidly growing financial industry. “Currently, cryptocurrency markets have no overarching or...
