by Xuan Lei | Jun 4, 2015 | Business & Tech
The International Monetary Fund suggested on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve should raise interest rates early next year and shrink the 2015 U.S. GDP growth forecast from 3.1 percent to 2.5 percent. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she and Federal...
by Holly LaFon | May 18, 2015 | Business & Tech, Topics
WASHINGTON – To generate new income sources, the North Korean government has engaged in state-sponsored trafficking of its citizens, sending them to work as forced laborers in other countries and confiscating all or most of their wages, an issue of increased focus in...
by Yinmeng Liu | May 18, 2015 | Business & Tech
Video by Xiaolan Tang DICKERSON, Md. — Joel Horst knows more about the chicken he eats than most other diners. With one bite, he can tell whether the bird on his plate has been fed a conventional diet or an organic one. “The meat just has flavor,” the...
by Xuan Lei | May 18, 2015 | Business & Tech, Education
WASHINGTON—Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook told George Washington University graduates on Sunday to find their guiding stars. “Graduates, your values matter. They are your North Star,” Cook said as the university’s commencement speaker before 3,000 graduates and more than...
by Matthew L. Schehl | May 18, 2015 | Business & Tech, National Security
WASHINGTON – Facing scathing criticism, Transportation Security Administration officials were a no-show at a House hearing on Wednesday. During a three-hour hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Homeland Security Inspector General John...
by Xuan Lei | May 13, 2015 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Wednesday that markets will get another “taper tantrum” when the Fed raises near-zero interest rates. “Just remember we had the taper tantrum. And we are going to get another one,” said Greenspan to...
