by Aimee Keane | Dec 5, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Even as the campaign cash flows, many U.S. companies say they deserve the same political speech freedoms of individual American citizens. While individuals can contribute up to $200 to a candidate directly without disclosure, corporations and labor groups...
by Kristin April Kim | Dec 4, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Using human behavior research is key to a to solving development challenges, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Thursday in reviewing a new World Bank development policy for 2015. The recently released flagship 2015 World Development Report...
by Aimee Keane | Dec 4, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Despite less than favorable stock ratings from Wall Street, IBM Corp. chief Ginni Rometty is trumpeting the company’s innovations as it heads into 2015. In her words, IBM is “cool”. “We will change the face of healthcare,” the company’s chairman,...
by Abby Sun | Dec 3, 2014 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency should pull back its proposed rule to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants and make revisions so it will be less costly to consumers, rural electric power companies CEOs say. In June, the EPA...
by Aimee Keane | Nov 13, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is in line to chair the powerful Senate Budget Committee, pledged Wednesday to take a tough stand on cutting a federal deficit that the Congressional Budget Office projects will widen in 2016 and beyond. “One of my favorite...
by Kristin April Kim | Oct 31, 2014 | Business & Tech
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that more women globally need to move from the “informal economy” in which their contributions are not recognized or paid, to the formal economy. Speaking at Georgetown University, Clinton said significant gender...
