Washington Times - Business

• A vibrant art scene in Uganda mirrors African boom as more collectors show interest

  16-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 49

  Lilian Nabulime hasn't forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had just one commercial art gallery, a small space that emerging...

• Judge orders Musk to testify in SEC probe of Twitter acquisition

  16-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 34

  A federal judge has ordered X owner Elon Musk to testify again before the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its investigation into the...

• GM announces layoffs at EV factories

  16-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 28

  General Motors plans to cut around 1,300 workers in two of Michigan's plants, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.

• Economy will slow but avoid recession in 2024, contends Congressional Budget Office

  16-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 37

  The U.S. managed to avoid a recession in 2023 and will continue to grow next year, albeit slowly, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday in...

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• Pentagon should delay buying new planes for Special Operations Command, advises GAO

  16-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 36

  The Defense Department should hold off on buying dozens of small, fixed-wing aircraft that U.S. Special Operations Command says would be used for...

• Rocket Lab launches a Japanese satellite from the space company's complex in New Zealand

  16-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 61

  California-based Rocket Lab, which specializes in putting small satellites into orbit, launched a Japanese satellite on Friday from the space...

• Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West

  16-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 42

  Anyone who has suspected that there are more women than men where they live, or vice versa, will find fodder for their suspicions in new data from...

• Speaker Johnson gets holiday break after crash course in 'messy' democracy

  15-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 39

  It's been a rough seven weeks for new House Speaker Mike Johnson.

• U.S. pine species thrives when burnt. Southerners are rekindling a 'fire culture' to boost its range

  15-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 61

  Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors. Using new tools to revive an old communal tradition, they set fire to wiregrasses and forest debris...

• Schumer busts Senate's year-end break for border talks, war aid vote but House home for holidays

  15-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 47

  Congress decamped from Washington on Thursday without reaching an agreement on border security, signaling President Biden's broader $106 billion...

• They earned more than a million dollars -- and still took unemployment

  15-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 52

  The crisis days of the pandemic were easing in 2021, but plenty of people still rushed to collect unemployment, including more than 300 people the...

• Tampa Bay Rays say name change could threaten stadium deal

  15-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 29

  They began as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, then shortened their name in 2007 to simply Tampa Bay Rays. Now, as plans for a new ballpark take...