Washington Times - Business

• Now Mack Truck's turn: Workers strike after rejecting contract

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 66

  Workers at Volvo-owned Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after union members rejected a tentative contract with the company.

• Canadian autoworkers launch strike against GM

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 78

  Thousands of Canadian General Motors employees walked off the job Tuesday.

• Powerball prize reaches $1.73 billion, the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 45

  After Monday's drawing did not produce a winner, the Powerball jackpot rose to $1.73 billion. If won, it would be the second-largest jackpot in...

• IMF outlook worsens for a 'limping' world economy. Mideast war poses new uncertainty

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 93

  The world economy has lost momentum from the impact of higher interest rates, the invasion of Ukraine and widening geopolitical rifts, and it now...

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• Hollywood writers vote to approve contract deal that ended strike as actors negotiate

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 66

  Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly...

• Israel-Hamas war pushes oil prices higher; 'knee-jerk reaction' likely brief as gas trends lower

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 82

  The war that erupted over the weekend between Israel and Hamas caused oil prices to spike Monday, but market analysts say the increase is likely...

• South Carolina nuclear plant gets yellow warning over another cracked emergency fuel pipe

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 81

  Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again...

• Mexico to send diplomatic note protesting 'irresponsible' Texas border truck inspections

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 87

  Mexico's president said Monday he is going to send a diplomatic note to the United States to protest Texas truck inspections that have caused major...

• Dem lawmaker vying to replace Feinstein in Senate calls for $50-per-hour federal minimum wage

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 75

  California Rep. Barbara Lee thinks U.S. minimum-wage workers should earn a six-figure income, a proposal made Sunday evening during a Democratic...

• Is Mar-a-Lago worth $1 billion? Trump's winter home valuations are at the core of his fraud trial

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 128

  How much is Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago worth? That's been a point of contention after a New York judge ruled that the former president exaggerated...

• U.K.'s Labour Party says it will invest for growth, as violence in Israel hangs over its conference

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 62

  Britain's main opposition Labour Party said Monday that it will focus on economic growth rather than higher taxes to "rebuild" the country after...

• Indian rescuers are flying into the region where a flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74

  10-10-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 48

  Air force helicopters rescued scores of stranded tourists Monday in India's Himalayan northeast after a 6-year-old hydroelectric dam cracked open...