Kate O'Keeffe

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Kate O'Keeffe

Senator Joni Ernst (Bloomberg) -- Six of the top 25 award recipients under a pair of Pentagon programs to bolster small businesses have “troubling ties” to China, including a company whose leader also served on the board of a Chinese state-backed investment vehicle, a Senate investigation has concluded. The findings from Senator Joni Ernst add fuel to her campaign to overhaul the programs, which have awarded more than $75 billion since the first one began in 1982.

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kate O'Keeffe

Six of the top 25 award recipients under a pair of Pentagon programs to bolster small businesses have “troubling ties” to China, including a company whose leader also served on the board of a Chinese state-backed investment vehicle, a Senate investigation has concluded. The findings from Senator Joni Ernst add fuel to her campaign to overhaul the programs, which have awarded more than $75 billion since the first one began in 1982.

2 months ago | hoover.org | Kate O'Keeffe

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2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Joshua Sisco |Kate O'Keeffe

Ethernet cords are arranged for a photograph in New York, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (Bloomberg) -- The US is conducting a criminal antitrust investigation into pricing strategies by TP-Link Systems Inc., a California-based router maker with links to China whose equipment now dominates the American market, according to people familiar with the matter.

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Kate O'Keeffe

A flag stands on display outside the U.S. State Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Aides to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo cautioned against unfounded reports suggesting that the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine was a hotbed of Democratic support, according to documents turned over to Congress Wednesday by the State Department's watchdog.