By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
The odds of finding a good job are significantly better in the nation’s red states than in blue states, according to a new study of business and tax policies across the country released Thursday. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
A top Greek official on Wednesday warned of a “widening gap” in the eurozone that separates financially stable countries such as Germany from their southern European partners that are struggling to keep up. Published May 15, 2013 Comments
By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
Consumers remained largely undaunted by the budget wars in Washington last month, with retailers reporting a 0.1 percent increase in sales after a 0.5 percent slump in March, the Census Bureau reported Monday morning. Published May 13, 2013 Comments
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
McDonald’s can’t sugarcoat its thus-far disappointing sales figures in 2013. The world’s fast-food champion recently announced yet another monthly decline in sales amid growing talk in the market that diners’ changing habits, shrinking profit margins and growing problems in once-promising overseas markets have tarnished the gleam of the golden arches. Published May 12, 2013 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline contend that it would lead to dramatic increases in greenhouse gas emissions, but a supporter of the $7 billion oil sands project says approval would help cut harmful emissions and make the transport of American oil much more efficient.. Published May 7, 2013 Comments
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
Abound Solar, propped up by tens of millions of dollars in federal loans that remain unpaid, acknowledged defects in the solar panels it was selling before the Colorado company went bankrupt, according to a customer. Published February 27, 2013
By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Tuesday morning warned Congress that $85 billion of across-the-board spending cuts due to start on Friday will dampen economic growth this year. Published February 26, 2013
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
The U.S. banking industry enjoyed its second-most profitable year in history in 2012, according to a new report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., but that may not be enough to save the jobs of thousands of bankers. Published February 26, 2013
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
The United States should take advantage of a rare burst of momentum on the international trade front before it dissipates, a group of top American CEOs said Thursday. Published February 21, 2013
By The Washington Times
The Obama administration should -- and has the legal authority to -- use its executive power to begin lifting the decades-old embargo on trade with Cuba, according to two papers this week issued by an influential Latin America think tank and a leading Cuban exile group. Published February 21, 2013
By Joshua Eferighe - The Washington Times
Boosted by soaring double-digit sales increases in China and other Asian markets, U.S. wine exports hit a record 1.4 billion liters in 2012, up 2.6 percent from 2011 and the third straight annual increase, the San Francisco-based Wine Institute said Thursday. Published February 21, 2013
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
Five persons and two domestic honey-processing companies were charged Wednesday in a federal probe targeting a multimillion dollar smuggling operation bringing Chinese-origin honey into the United States. Published February 20, 2013
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Hackers "had it their way" with Burger King's Twitter account Monday. Published February 18, 2013
By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
Call it the Rodney Dangerfield rally. Like the economic recovery that underpins it, the bull market on Wall Street today gets no respect. Published February 14, 2013
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Dreading the prospect of rejection and embarrassment in the romantic crapshoot known as Valentine's Day? There's now an app for that. Published February 13, 2013
By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
U.S. retailers eked out a 0.1 percent gain in sales last month despite a big increase in payroll taxes that hit more than 100 million middle-class consumers during the month, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. Published February 13, 2013
By Tim Devaney and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
President Obama on Wednesday renominated two Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board whose recess appointments were ruled unconstitutional — the same day House Republicans moved to temporarily shut down the agency. Published February 13, 2013
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls recently lost out to a Chinese competitor in its bid for bankrupt high-tech battery-maker A123 Systems, but creditors are still demanding details about whether a secret Johnson-led lobbying campaign took place behind the scenes in Washington aimed at derailing the sale. Published February 12, 2013
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
In the first comprehensive study of its kind, the Federal Trade Commission reported Monday that some 40 million Americans could be suffering from errors that are keeping their credit scores lower -- and their borrowing rates higher -- than they should be. Published February 11, 2013
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
A conservative feminist group is questioning President Obama's decision to nominate former New York U.S. attorney Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming somewhat tongue in cheek that it has compiled a "binder full of women" who are better suited for the job. Published January 24, 2013
