... y. The US federal government’s size and power grew only very slowly until the 1930s, when the New Deal – which included federal programs, public works projects, and financial reforms and regulations – ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-28
... llows the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), subject to reasonable safeguards, to take over a failing financial firm and wind it down in an orderly manner – very much in line with what happ ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-27
... that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in March. And the Bank of England announced on Feb. 7 that UK rates could “be tightened somewhat earlier and by a somewhat greater extent” than had ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-26
... nesday on federal charges that he lied to US securities regulators to avoid taking responsibility for the theft by hackers of virtual currency, Reuters reported. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan annou ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-22
US stocks finished lower in a choppy session Wednesday on renewed worries over higher interest rates following the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting. Investors became nervo ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-22
US lawmakers are moving to consider new rules that could impose stricter federal oversight on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Reuters reports, citing several top lawmakers. Bipartisan momentum is ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-20
... tellites. Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites in the United States and wor ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-15
... by the US Federal Reserve. As a result, bond yields have risen in recent months, with the rise accelerating since the beginning of the year. From around a 2.40 percent yield in early January, US 10-ye ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-14
... ng direct federal support of the orbiting laboratory. The administration is working on a transition plan that "could turn the station over to the private sector," the report said. The proposal envisio ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-13
... entral or federal legislature of a sovereign state, such as the US Congress or the British Parliament, while lawmakers of local legislatures aren't qualified to make any nomination according to the cu ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-12
... priority federal and non-federal activities that can accelerate the safe rollout” of autonomous vehicles, the department said. It will also be open to the public. The US National Highway Traffic-Safe ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-12
... trial in federal court in San Francisco. In a lawsuit filed last year, Waymo said that one of its former engineers who became chief of Uber’s self-driving car project took with him thousands of confi ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-12
... St. Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard on Tuesday said that the strong US labor market does not mean that higher inflation is just around the corner. A more reasonable explanation is that t ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-09
... rries the Federal Reserve will raise benchmark interest rates at a faster pace than expected this year. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RC ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-08
... ork. "Any federal effort to construct a nationalized 5G network would be a costly and counterproductive distraction from the policies we need to help the United States win the 5G future," he said. Giv ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-07
... Francisco federal court on Tuesday marks the first time the Uber co-founder has publicly commented on allegations by Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, that Uber stole its self-driving car ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-07
... en the US Federal Reserve has a new leadership. The new Fed chief Jerome Powell, who succeeded Janet Yellen this month, is expected to continue Yellen’s stance of gradual tightening. Still, some inves ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
Jerome Powell took office as the new Federal Reserve chairman on Monday. And a global currency war could be just around the corner. Since the beginning of the year, the US dollar index has basically e ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
A Federal Court in San Francisco began hearings on Monday in a trade secrets lawsuit involving Alphabet's self-driving car unit Waymo and ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies. In opening statements be ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
... that the Federal Reserve will raise rates at a faster pace than expected. “The market has had an incredible run,” said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading in Greenwich, Connecti ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
