Sean Higgins

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Postal Service ordered to hire 9,000 more people

Postal Service ordered to hire 9,000 more people

Sean Higgins · September 25, 2014 10:23 pm

The Treasury Department approved at least $1 million in pay in 2013 for the top 25 highest-ranking employees at GM and Ally Financial, Inc. (Getty/Bill Pugliano)

Treasury approved millions in raises to GM executives as taxpayers lost billions

Sean Higgins · September 24, 2014 9:48 pm

The White House soon will announce new rules on applying a minimum wage of $10.10 to federal contracting. A posting on the Office of Management and Budget's website has indicated that the rulemaking is in its final stage, meaning the announcement could come within days.Â (iStock image)

White House readies minimum wage rule for contractors

Sean Higgins · September 24, 2014 5:04 pm

Butterfly Labs' claim clouded the issue -- whether it delivered on what it promised. "This is not about Bitcoin, per se." (Getty images/Lam Yik Fei)

Company says FTC going ‘to war on Bitcoin’ after court shuts it down

Sean Higgins · September 23, 2014 9:24 pm

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a press release that announced $3 million in grants for projects intended to "improve online security and privacy." (AP Photo)

Oops: Feds give out wrong contact information for data security effort

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2014 9:00 am

"The grants announced will help spur development of new initiatives that aim to protect people and business from online identity theft and fraud," Commerce Secretary Bruce Andrews said. (iStock)

Feds funding efforts to create single Internet password

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2014 9:00 am

Top Senate lawmakers think they have found a way to allow states and local governments to tax Internet purchases: Link online sales taxes to separate legislation prohibiting Internet access taxes and pass it in the post-election "lame duck" session of Congress.Â (iStock)

Senators look to lame-duck session to pass Internet sales tax bill

Sean Higgins · September 19, 2014 9:01 am

Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., is the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has oversight of tax policy, and has been a key congressional voice in past trade deals. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Trade deal must have tobacco exception, key Democrat warns

Sean Higgins · September 18, 2014 5:14 pm

Since Walker was starring in his own ad, he would have to file an OSHA complaint against himself. (YouTube)

Scott Walker accused of violating OSHA when he climbs out of pit in ad

Sean Higgins · September 17, 2014 8:48 pm

The 1998 deal that settled a multi-state lawsuit against tobacco companies gives states broad power over advertising and related matters. (AP/Allen G. Breed)

Tobacco pulls Left to defend states’ rights

Sean Higgins · September 17, 2014 9:00 am

"We believe Corinthian lured consumers into predatory loans ... then used illegal debt collection tactics to strong-arm students at school," Cordray said. (Getty images/Alex Wong)

College “predatory loans” lawsuit by CFPB

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2014 8:51 pm

The NLRB "was supposed to be an umpire. It was created 79 years ago for that purpose. Over time it has become more of an advocate for one interest group or another depending on whether we had a Republican or Democratic administration in power," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the legislation's sponsor.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republicans introduce bill to hobble NLRB

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2014 6:22 pm