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• Africa's biggest oil refinery begins production in Nigeria with the aim of reducing need for imports

  15-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 24

  Africa's biggest oil refinery has begun production in Nigeria, the company has said, ending a yearslong wait for a plant that analysts said Monday...

• Former chairman of state-owned bank China Everbright Group arrested over suspected corruption

  15-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 19

  The former chairman of state-owned Chinese bank China Everbright Group has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and bribery, prosecutors said...

• Following review, Business Insider stands by reports on wife of ex-Harvard president's critic

  15-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 18

  Business Insider's top executive and parent company said Sunday they were satisfied with the fairness and accuracy of stories that made plagiarism...

• 'Mean Girls' takes 1st place at the box office

  15-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 20

  Winter storms and cinema closures in North America didn't dampen the opening weekend for "Mean Girls." The Paramount release, adapted from the...

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• As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs

  14-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 26

  Sophia Danner-Okotie's has ambitious plans for her Nigerian-inspired clothing line but a sense of dread has punctured her optimism as she watches a...

• States with big climate goals strip local power to block green projects

  14-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 20

  Clean energy developers had planned a 75-turbine wind farm in mid-Michigan's Montcalm County before local voters shot down the idea in 2022 and...

• Congress tees up vote on another laddered stopgap bill next week to avert partial shutdown

  14-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 24

  Congress will once again look to avert a partial government shutdown with a two-step, or laddered, stopgap bill next week with a deadline to fund...

• Slowing inflation suggests that Biden's policies are helping, but American voters are still hurting

  13-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 13

  President Joe Biden can make an increasingly strong case that he's helped fix inflation - if only he can get voters to believe him.

• US military strikes another Houthi-controlled site after warning ships to avoid parts of Red Sea

  13-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 19

  The U.S. military early Saturday struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that it had determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red...

• A huge fire engulfs a warehouse in Russia outside the city of St. Petersburg

  13-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 20

  A huge fire tore through a large warehouse used by Russia's largest online retailer south of St. Petersburg on Saturday morning.

• Germany's Scholz warns of extremists stoking rage as farmers protest and discontent is high

  13-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 14

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for calm and a readiness to accept compromises on Saturday as the country faces protests by farmers angry...

• Live updates | Israel rejects genocide case as Mideast tensions rise after US-led strikes in Yemen

  13-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 16

  In the second day of hearings Friday at the United Nations' top court, Israel rejected allegations levied by South Africa that its campaign against...