It allowed the region to be one of the nation’s few economic bright spots after the financial crisis gutted the national economy in 2009, attracting job seekers to the District in droves and spurring a development boom here. But four years later, hiring ground to a halt as congressional gridlock forced a government shutdown and federal budgets were slashed as part of the sequestration process, even though the recovery was gaining momentum elsewhere.
Day: January 29, 2017
Here’s your chance to complain about the hours-long wait in the emergency room
Ramu Potarazu, seen Dec. 20 at his business in McLean, Va., is president and chief executive of Binary Fountain. The company surveys patients about their health-care experiences and provides that information to doctors and hospitals that subscribe to receive the data.
Here’s your chance to complain about the hours-long wait in the emergency room
Ramu Potarazu, seen Dec. 20 at his business in McLean, Va., is president and chief executive of Binary Fountain. The company surveys patients about their health-care experiences and provides that information to doctors and hospitals that subscribe to receive the data.
What to Watch When Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Reports Earnings
Twelve months ago, the damage from the restaurant chain’s food-safety scare peaked at a 34% dive in customer traffic. A year later, sales growth appears to be returning, but Chipotle’s business still faces huge challenges in its bid to climb back to anything approaching its prior glory days.
What to Watch When Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Reports Earnings
Twelve months ago, the damage from the restaurant chain’s food-safety scare peaked at a 34% dive in customer traffic. A year later, sales growth appears to be returning, but Chipotle’s business still faces huge challenges in its bid to climb back to anything approaching its prior glory days.
5 Airlines Are Competing to Grow in Mexico City
Late last year, Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico agreed to divest up to 24 slot pairs at Mexico City’s highly congested airport as a condition of forming a joint venture in the U.S.-Mexico market. The U.S. Department of Transportation will allocate 14 of these Mexico City slot pairs to low-fare airlines this year.
5 Airlines Are Competing to Grow in Mexico City
Late last year, Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico agreed to divest up to 24 slot pairs at Mexico City’s highly congested airport as a condition of forming a joint venture in the U.S.-Mexico market. The U.S. Department of Transportation will allocate 14 of these Mexico City slot pairs to low-fare airlines this year.
The Next Target in Biotech Land
It will buy Actelion for some $30 billion using cash “stranded” in its overseas operations. It is the largest M&A deal so far across the biotech industry this year.
The Next Target in Biotech Land
It will buy Actelion for some $30 billion using cash “stranded” in its overseas operations. It is the largest M&A deal so far across the biotech industry this year.
Smaller states rejoice as Amazon finally collects sales tax
Many online shoppers in the United States have for years had to pay state sales taxes whenever they buy goods from Amazon. But the Seattle e-commerce giant has dragged its feet on collecting sales taxes in small and sparsely populated states where it doesn’t have any distribution centers or corporate offices.
Smaller states rejoice as Amazon finally collects sales tax
Many online shoppers in the United States have for years had to pay state sales taxes whenever they buy goods from Amazon. But the Seattle e-commerce giant has dragged its feet on collecting sales taxes in small and sparsely populated states where it doesn’t have any distribution centers or corporate offices.
TV antennas are making a comeback; here’s why
AirTV is an Android-based streaming device that allows Sling customers to add local broadcast stations into their guide using an external antenna. When it comes to television viewing, what’s old is new again as an increasing number of Americans are dumping their cable boxes and going totally retro.
Caroline Nolan
These small- to medium-sized cities are affordable; racially, ethnically, and economically diverse; and conducive to residents’ flexibility in choosing a hospital, school, park and manner of commuting. Amazon’s Second Annual Prime Day on July 12 will offer exclusive deals for new and existing Amazon Prime members.
Welcome to the suck: Here’s what life at Marine boot camp is like
The 12-week program is widely considered the most hellish of all recruit training regimens in the U.S. Military. Here at Parris Island, the legendary drill instructors make sure every waking moment of a recruit’s life is jam-packed with training.
Roger Federer wins Australian Open in a dramatic fifth set…
Roger Federer won his 18th career Grand Slam, beating longtime rival Rafael Nadal in an epic five-set match at the Australian Open, and enhancing Federer’s case as the greatest men’s tennis play of all time. After Federer won the opening set 6-4, the pair traded three ho-hum sets to force a fifth and deciding set.
How Writing Personal Checks Can Expose You to Fraud
As an economic-crimes detective, I’ve had many of my discussions with friends turn to the risks associated with modern payment methods. It’s not unusual for someone to proudly proclaim, “That’s why I only use checks and cash!” But they’re shocked when I tell them there are probably more dangers associated with using checks, especially when they’re written to a business or unfamiliar person, than with most digital wallets or other payment apps.
Apple Stock Has a Lot to Prove on Tuesday
Apple stock hit a fresh 52-week high on Thursday, and with the shares trading 36% off their springtime lows, it’s easy to see how proving mortal can trigger a sell-off. The silver lining here is that just a sliver of its gains have come in the past three months.
3 Top Cheap Stocks to Buy Now
With the Dow Passing 20,000 and the S&P 500 trading at a pretty frothy valuation, value investors are probably a little concerned about the lack of deals in the market today. If you’re one of those people looking to buy a stock on the cheap, options are getting fewer by the day.
Week Ahead: Apple Earnings Headline Busy Week of Fed Meetings, Jobs Numbers
Buckle in for a busy week filled with bellwether earnings reports, monetary policy decisions, and critical economic numbers. And that’s not even counting the wrenches the Trump administration could throw into the mix.
Blend Fundamental, Technical Styles When Sizing Up Investments
There are two basic approaches to the market-fundamental and technical. Those who use a fundamental approach believe the best way to invest is to find solid companies with strong prospects.
Why Ita s Important to Be on the Same Investing Page With Your Spouse
By Cathy Curtis via our partners at Iris.xyz Are we speaking a different language? Financial experts, thought leaders, and academics have written extensively about the role gender plays in investment styles, and the innate differences can be a source of conflict during financial planning.
Just 2 Groups of People Now Oppose Legalizing Marijuana
With the exception of Arizona, which narrowly voted against an initiative that would have legalized recreational pot, residents in eight other states voted in favor of legalizing medical or recreational cannabis in the November election. The year ended with 28 states having approved medical cannabis, and twice as many recreation-legal states as at the end of 2015 .
Get fit on the cheap? No sweat
In this June 13, 2016 photograph, Wanda Downs, left, assists Christie Purvis of Tallulah, La., with an incline bench press using dumbbells during their training session at Wyatt’s Gym in Vicksburg, Miss. Health clubs and gyms have dropped their rates … and initiation fees sharply in the years since the recession, according to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association.
Donald Trump Just Gave Wells Fargo a Break
But the tide has already begun to turn for the nation’s third biggest bank by assets, thanks in no small part to the new presidential administration. Earlier this week, the U.S. Labor Department removed a website it had created to log complaints from Wells Fargo employees who claimed to have been retaliated against by supervisors for blowing the whistle on a massive fake-account scandal that look place at the bank from at least 2011 through 2015.
7 Tax Breaks You Might Actually Be Able to Use
You may have heard about some of the great money-saving tax deductions allowed by the IRS. The deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions, and medical expenses can be especially lucrative if you paid these expenses.
3 Top 3D Printing Stocks to Buy Now
The 3D printing industry may not have advanced as quickly as some observers hoped over the last decade, but it’s quickly changing the way companies and consumers think about manufactured products. It’s now possible for a designer to print a part over lunch or for a manufacturer to make a short run of 5 or 10 parts without going through a costly tooling upgrade.
3 Car Models That Could Get the Ax This Year
Sometimes, when an automaker plans to discontinue a model, the company makes it obvious by announcing it — or by dropping a strong hint: “We’re closing the factory that makes it.” But other times, it takes some analysis to figure out which of today’s car models are fated to go the way of the Edsel and Oldsmobile.
Here’s What it Would Take to Make Social Security Great Again
For more than 75 years the Social Security program has protected the financial well-being of our nation’s retired workforce. Today, more than 41 million retired workers are receiving monthly benefit checks from Social Security, a majority of whom need that income to meet their expenses during retirement.
Trump to Honor Pacific Island Refugee Deal With Australia
U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to uphold an agreement with Australia to resettle asylum seekers held in Pacific island camps, an Australian government official said Sunday. Trump made the commitment during a 25-minute phone conversation with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, according to the official, who asked not to be identified as there has been no public announcement.
Confusion Grips Airports as Courts Limit Trump Travel Curbs
Confusion reigned Sunday at airports in the Middle East and Europe over exactly which citizens from the seven nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban are still permitted to fly to the U.S. Airlines at hubs from Dubai to London Heathrow were grappling with the implications of two court rulings in the U.S. late Saturday that have temporarily blocked the enforcement of parts of Trump’s executive order. In the hours after the presidential edict, many airports imposed blanket bans on U.S. travel for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, with Amsterdam Schiphol turning away seven people with valid visas, and Cairo denying boarding to migrants accompanied by United Nations officials.
Here’s the massive cargo jet Boeing uses to carry plane parts…
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a massive plane. However, its parts come from different places around the world.
Airports Gripped by Confusion as Courts Limit Trump Travel Curbs
Confusion reigned Sunday at airports in the Middle East and Europe over exactly which citizens from the seven nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban are still permitted to fly to the U.S. Airlines at hubs from Dubai to London Heathrow were grappling with the implications of two court rulings in the U.S. late Saturday that have temporarily blocked the enforcement of parts of Trump’s executive order. In the hours after the presidential edict many airports imposed blanket bans on U.S. travel for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, with Amsterdam Schiphol turning away seven people with valid visas, and Cairo denying boarding to migrants accompanied by United Nations officials.
Lagging On Your New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s How To Decide What To Ditch
Maybe you bit off more than you could chew when you made your New Year’s resolutions-and you’re just noticing that now. Don’t worry, it’s fine to pare down so you can devote all your energy to the goals that really matter to you.
Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Award-winning reporter Elizabeth Thompson covers Parliament Hill. A veteran of the Montreal Gazette, Sun Media and iPolitics, she currently works with the CBC’s Ottawa bureau, specializing in investigative reporting and data journalism.
May Under Fire Over Failure to Condemn Trump’s Refugee Ban
Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, right, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as they are reflected in a mirror during a joint news conference in Washington on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Prime Minister Theresa May faces a political storm on her return from visiting Donald Trump for her repeated failure to condemn the U.S. president’s Trump on Friday indefinitely banned the entry of people fleeing Syria, temporarily froze the entry of other refugees and prohibited entry by people from seven majority-Muslim nations for 90 days.
Clarksburg Planning Cuts, Town Meeting…
CLARKSBURG, Mass. – Town officials are continuing a plan to close a $230,000 shortfall for fiscal 2017.