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Chinese students visit a lab at the University of Macau last year. U.S. experts fret about losing ground on highly skilled workers.

China’s STEM workforce a challenge for US policymakers

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted August 10, 2021 at 6:00am
California Rep. Josh Harder has sponsored a bill to ban corporate PACs and has pledged not to accept any corporate PAC money for his campaign account.

$6M flows through loopholes in pledge against corporate PACs

By Kate Ackley
Posted August 3, 2021 at 5:00am
Michigan Rep. Andy Levin, a former union organizer, believes the U.S. pro-labor movement is having a resurgence.

ESG investors press companies for fairer labor policies

By Keith Lewis
Posted July 29, 2021 at 7:00am
Flanked by Cabinet members who will have to implement it, President Joe Biden signs an executive order on competition at the White House on July 9. It targets such K Street clients as agriculture, technology, health care, financial services and alcohol.

Biden order on competition sparks lobbying spree

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 20, 2021 at 10:00am
President Joe Biden’s executive order aims to curb collaboration on wage rates between competing employers.

Biden to target noncompete clauses, wage collusion

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 7, 2021 at 6:24pm
President Joe Biden speaks from the White House at an April virtual summit on the global shortage of semiconductors. Also pictured are Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, right, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, left, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, third from right.

Biden’s promising bid for strong supply chains risks falling short

By John Mitchell
Posted July 6, 2021 at 6:00am
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit tossed out a New York state financial regulator’s lawsuit challenging a federal decision to grant special types of national bank charters to fintech firms.

State challenges to fintech charters a losing battle so far

By Steven Harras
Posted June 29, 2021 at 7:30am
As bars and restaurants across the country reopen, the Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act would help many of their owners build up the inventory they lost during the pandemic, Hilton writes.

Congress can still do more to help struggling bars and restaurants

By Ian Hilton
Posted June 28, 2021 at 1:57pm
Amazon and Walmart are facing pressure from social issue-focused investment funds over their political donations.

Investors press firms on donations as political spending jumps

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 24, 2021 at 6:30am
The Biden administration sought an agreement to ensure that big U.S. technology companies wouldn't be singled out in a range of national digital services taxes.

G-7 moves toward US on digital services, with details awaited

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted June 23, 2021 at 7:01am