Washington Times - Business

• Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 63

  Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump's...

• Maryland lawmakers consider bill to allow beer and wine sales at groceries, pharmacies

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 38

  A bill that would allow wine and beer sales at grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations is making its way in the Maryland House of Delegates.

• Michigan appeals court upholds permits for Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 87

  Enbridge Energy's plans to build a protective tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes can continue,...

• GM partners with UAE contractor to manufacture tactical vehicles

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 36

  General Motors' defense division is teaming up with United Arab Emirates contractor EDGE to deliver the next generation of tactical vehicles.

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• Average U.S. rate on a 30-year mortgage slips to 8-week low after fifth-straight weekly decline

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 59

  The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fifth week in a row to its lowest level since late December, a welcome boost for...

• What is Humphrey's Executor? A look at the 90-year-old Supreme Court decision Trump is targeting

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 123

  A month into President Donald Trump 's second term, lawyers for the Republican administration seem intent on provoking a legal fight to overturn a...

• China's Alibaba sees revenue surge on back of artificial intelligence, e-commerce

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 111

  Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding posted its fastest revenue growth in more than a year, beating analyst expectations as it capitalizes...

• New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 72

  New York on Thursday sued some of the country's biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes, accusing the companies of violating state laws that...

• Wall Street retreats from its record as Walmart slides

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 52

  Wall Street is retreating from its record as a slide for Walmart weighs on U.S. stock indexes Thursday.

• Delta offers $30,000 to each passenger on flipped plane

  21-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 39

  Delta Air Lines is offering $30,000 each, $2.28 million in total, to the 76 passengers on the plane that flipped over while landing at Toronto...

• Amazon MGM takes creative reins of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007

  20-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 49

  In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, Amazon MGM announced Thursday that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007...

• Sightly more Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain relatively low

  20-2-2025 Business Washington Times - Business 45

  Slightly more Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remained in the same recent healthy range.