Why business wants a bipartisan infrastructure bill

Bitcoin bulls and bears: Tech execs discuss what’s in store for cryptocurrency

Seeing the U.S. already fall behind China in the race to 5G, Brad Garlinghouse is worried another hotly contested technological battle is headed in the same direction: the race to cryptocurrency preeminence. As the CEO of Ripple––a software company focused on solving cross-border payment inefficiencies using blockchain technology––Garlinghouse is frustrated with what he believes to […]

Who’s Lael Brainard? Things to learn about Biden’s probably choice for Treasury Secretary

President-elect Biden is beginning to construct his cupboard, and Democrats will be angling to affect that he will select for the rankings. One major candidate for this high profile Treasury Secretary slot would be Lael Brainard, also a part of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. A former under secretary to the Department of the […]

As vaccines roll out, businesses face a new quandary

Good morning. David Meyer here in Berlin, filling in for Alan. As vaccination drives roll out at varying speeds, there’s a big question mark over the issue of what may become—hopefully temporarily—a two-tiered populace. In Israel, which is running the world’s speediest COVID-19 inoculation campaign (though that hasn’t warded off the need for a tight […]