Tagged: Russia

3:48pm

Thu November 15, 2012
Business

Washington companies hope U.S. passes Russian trade bill

Credit mekiaries

Everyone from Boeing to fish processors and apple growers stands to benefit if the U.S. normalizes trade relations with Russia. That’s coming up for a vote Friday in the House of Representatives.

Russia joined the World Trade Organization in August and lowered a whole bunch of tariffs on things like airplanes and fish.

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4:30am

Tue November 29, 2011
The Digital Future

Countering the cyber espionage threat from China and Russia

Credit Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive

It's official: China and Russia are the two biggest sources of cyber espionage attacks against the United States.

The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive singled out those two nations in a recent report to Congress (coincidentally, it's been difficult to reach the counterintelligence website since the report came out and those links may not work).

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7:58am

Thu December 2, 2010
FIFA World Cup

No World Cup for Seattle and U.S. in 2022

Seattle will not be hosting World Cup matches in 2022.  The United States was up against four other countries to host the World Cup. But the bid has gone to the Middle Eastern country Qatar.  

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