Washington Times - Business

• Thai prime minister says visa-free policy for Chinese visitors to be made permanent in March

  3-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 21

  Thailand and China will soon implement visa-free entry for each other's citizens, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said Tuesday.

• A boozy banana drink in Uganda is under threat as authorities move to restrict home brewers

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  At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo's family converges around a pit in which bananas have been left to ripen. The bananas are peeled and thrown...

• A boozy banana drink in Uganda is under threat as authorities move to restrict home brewers

  3-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 16

  At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo's family converges around a pit in which bananas have been left to ripen. The bananas are peeled and thrown...

• Brazil's economy improves during President Lula's first year back, but a political divide remains

  3-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 23

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva likes to boast he had a good first year after returning to the job. The economy is improving,...

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• States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity at water utilities amid renewed federal warnings

  3-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 22

  The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack.

• $842 million Powerball ticket sold in Michigan; 1st time the game has been won on New Year's Day

  2-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 25

  Someone in Michigan has won an $842.4 million Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year's Day since...

• As AI booms, fear spreads that Biden is undercutting U.S. industry

  2-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 13

  America's artificial intelligence corporate sector is alive and thriving, but many in the tech trenches are expressing mounting concern that...

• Legal contortions keep President Biden's unconfirmed labor secretary on the job

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 28

  President Biden's ultra-liberal nominee to run the Department of Labor couldn't muster the votes last year to win Senate confirmation, but she's...

• Organized crime blamed for nationwide scourge of shoplifting, smash-and-grab flash mobs

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 23

  Rampant shoplifting and organized retail theft, often unchecked by local governments and allowed to grow into a multibillion-dollar business, have...

• You bet! College Football Playoff semifinals could set gambling records

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 14

  Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College...

• Paula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault in lawsuit

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 30

  Paula Abdul has accused former "American Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the...

• A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship's hold is out after several days of burning

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  After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship's hold for a number of days, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Saturday that the fire was out...