Washington Times - Business

• Speaker Johnson struggles to sell 'laddered' stopgap spending bill as Congress careens to shutdown

  13-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 24

  The House and Senate are on pace to approve their own versions of stopgap spending measures as lawmakers continue work on the annual budget, which...

• Sacramento sheriff says Target, Walgreens hamstrung police during retail theft crackdowns

  13-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 33

  Sacramento County's sheriff said Thursday that recent retail theft stings at area Target and Walgreens stores were hindered by company executives...

• What they want: Biden and Xi are looking for clarity in an increasingly difficult relationship

  12-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 37

  President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have no shortage of difficult issues to discuss when they sit down for their first talks in a year, even...

• Dubai air chiefs summit, sponsored by Israeli firm, avoids discussing strikes as Hamas war rages

  12-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 40

  As Israel unleashes one of the most-intense aerial bombing campaigns the Middle East has ever seen, leaders from the world's top air forces met...

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• A fragile global economy is at stake as U.S. and China seek to cool tensions at APEC summit

  12-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 33

  The United States and China are the two global economic heavyweights. Combined, they produce more than 40% of the world's goods and services.

• Speaker Johnson lands on two-step stopgap bill ahead of deadline to fund government

  12-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 50

  Speaker Mike Johnson has chosen to run with a two-step, "laddered" stopgap bill to keep the government open with less than a week before federal...

• Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds

  12-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 41

  The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change...

• Vivek Ramaswamy's approach in business and politics is the same: Confidence, no matter the scenario

  12-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 40

  A political novice and one of the world's wealthiest millennials, Vivek Ramaswamy has waged a whirlwind presidential campaign mirroring his...

• Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain

  12-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 34

  Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran has found what he calls a "match made in heaven."

• 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered at an Iowa farm where bird flu was found

  11-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 44

  An additional 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the bird flu after the virus was confirmed on an Iowa egg farm in...

• BMW rolls out self-driving system that lets drivers watch videos, write emails

  11-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 39

  A new BMW automated driving system that lets drivers take their eyes off the road for other activities such as writing emails or watching videos...

• Yellen says her talks with Chinese finance chief laid groundwork for Biden's meeting with Xi

  11-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 39

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that she and her Chinese counterpart agreed to work toward a "healthy economic relationship,"...