17 results for "Lindsay Wise"
Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 3:01 PMThe president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and o...
Despite sequester, high-level federal executives slated to get bonuses
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 3:18 PMAn elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses despite this year’s automatic budget cuts, according to a report that a Senate subcommittee issued Friday.
Senators steer debate over self-driving cars
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 12:00 AMCars that steer themselves through bumper-to-bumper traffic will hit the market by the end of this year, and self-parking vehicles aren't far behind. Fully autonomous models that don't need human drivers at all are less than a decade fro...
Senate considers: If no one’s behind the wheel, who’s driving?
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 3:52 PMCars that steer themselves through bumper-to-bumper traffic will hit the market by the end of this year, and self-parking vehicles aren’t far behind. Fully autonomous models that don’t need human drivers at all are less than a decade...
Medicare fraud targets seniors, scooters: ‘I don’t need it. I don’t want it.’
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 1:14 PMDr. Charlotte Kennedy first became suspicious when she received a fax from a medical supply company asking her to authorize a back brace for a 92-year-old patient. She’d recently examined the patient, who never mentioned any back problems....
Senate approves online sales tax; House support isn’t so certain
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 4:19 PMA bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces a tougher hurdle in the House of Representatives.
Senate bill may require paying sales tax for more online purchases
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 2:25 PMSarah Bagby’s 35-year-old independent bookstore so far has weathered the advent of Internet shopping and e-books. Now Bagby, the owner of Watermark Books & Cafe in Wichita, Kan., is closely following debate in Congress over a bill that...
Obama calls Boston Marathon bombing “act of terrorism” as FBI sets up hotline
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 9:11 AMAuthorities are investigating the bombings at the Boston Marathon as an “act of terrorism,” said President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
Come tax time, many refunds go to identity thieves
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 4:03 PMAn epidemic of tax-related identity theft continues to plague the Internal Revenue Service despite efforts by the agency and law enforcement officials to combat the fraud, witnesses told a Senate panel Wednesday.
Advocates push to expand family, medical leave
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 12:00 AMWASHINGTON – Twenty years after the Family and Medical Leave Act became law, four in 10 workers aren't eligible to take temporary, unpaid leave to recover from serious illnesses or to care for new children or sick relatives.
