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...
by Aimee Keane | Oct 27, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – You would need $75 minimum and at least nine hours of travel time to get from Chicago to Omaha aboard an Amtrak train cutting across southern Iowa and missing most of the state’s major cities. Not very convenient, or efficient. If Gov. Terry Branstad and...
by Kristin April Kim | Oct 24, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Despite Washington’s concerns that the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank may undercut existing institutions, it may be a co-investment opportunity and is a step towards sustained growth in emerging Asia, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said...
by Aimee Keane | Oct 1, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — A new report from the International Monetary Fund says tying executive compensation more closely to risk would curb the excess risk-taking that contributed to the global financial crisis. The research, in the analytical chapters of the global...
by Abby Sun | Sep 29, 2014 | Business & Tech
The number of female-owned small business has never been higher. Many of them want to do business with the federal government. The National Women Business Council held a panel at its quarterly meeting discussing how to increase the access to the federal market for...
by Aimee Keane | Sep 24, 2014 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Academics are pushing a new market framework that, rather than place limits on high frequency trades, would redefine the roles of market makers and traders to create fair access to price quotes and trades. In a webinar hosted Wednesday by the Investor...
