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• Student loan borrowers refuse to pay, prod Biden to pony up more debt forgiveness in election year

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 19

  A boycott against repaying student loans has emerged around President Biden's efforts, largely unappreciated by his base, to erase the debt for...

• Biden will promote internet access in North Carolina, a state he hopes to win in the 2024 election

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 22

  President Biden is going to North Carolina on Thursday to highlight $82 million in new investments that would connect 16,000 households and...

• The drop in Panama Canal traffic due to a severe drought could cost up to $700 million

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 18

  A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important...

• AI is the buzz, the big opportunity and the risk to watch among the Davos glitterati

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 14

  Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders and corporate bosses diving into big ideas at the World Economic Forum's...

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• House Republican who voted to oust McCarthy wants to keep option 'on the table' for Speaker Johnson

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 16

  A House Republican who voted to boot former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year wants to keep the same maneuver available for his successor.

• Google CEO Sundar Pichar says more layoffs needed in 2024 to reach ‘ambitious goals’

  18-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 25

  The memo Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent to his workforce on Wednesday was titled "2024 priorities and the year ahead."

• JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon warns Democrats to be ‘more respectful’ of Trump supporters — or risk losing election

  18-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 14

  Dimon -- who has called himself “barely a Democrat" -- has previously lamented the fact that liberals, particularly those in New York City, look...

• Here’s how homebuyers could save $1,000 on closing costs with new US-sponsored plan

  18-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 16

  Going forward, homebuyers can opt to use an "Attorney Opinion Letter," in which a real estate confirms that there are no problems with a property’s...

• Live updates | US-owned ship attacked near Yemen, medicine for Israeli hostages enters Gaza

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 23

  Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a bomb-carrying drone into a U.S.-owned ship on Wednesday, officials said, the second such attack in recent days...

• Appeals court clears way for revival of U.S. sales ban on two Apple Watch models

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 21

  A federal appeals court has decided to revive a U.S. sales ban on Apple's premium watches while it referees a patent dispute revolving around a...

• CNN's new chief Mark Thompson outlines strategy for the network

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 28

  CNN's new chief executive says the company needs to recapture the "swagger and innovation" of its early days - and that, he says, increasingly...

• Billionaire backers of new California city reveal map and details of proposed development

  18-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 21

  The company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires that for years stealthily snapped up more than $800 million worth of rural land for a new...