Washington Times - Business
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Musk can avoid testimony in Tesla crash lawsuit
Tesla CEO Elon Musk won't be forced to testify in a wrongful death lawsuit involving one of his electric vehicles.
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TGI Fridays closes dozens of eateries around U.S.
Restaurant chain TGI Fridays closed 36 underperforming locations this week as part of a restructuring effort at the company.
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Drugstore chain Walgreens cuts quarterly dividend to get more cash to grow its business
Walgreens is chopping its dividend nearly in half as the drugstore chain looks to strengthen its balance sheet.
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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fall again as job market continues to show strength
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to show resilience despite elevated...
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Stock market today: Wall Street ticks modestly higher in premarket, seeking first gains of 2024
Markets on Wall Street drifted higher early Thursday in search of their first gains of the new year.
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Striking doctors in England at loggerheads with hospitals over calls to return to work
The longest planned strike in the history of Britain's state-funded National Health Service entered its second day of six on Thursday with doctors...
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Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon
The Biden administration is providing $162 million to Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips -- the second...
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Microsoft adds AI button to keyboards to summon chatbots
Pressing a button will be one way to summon an artificial intelligence agent as Microsoft wields its computer industry influence to reshape the...
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Tax-funded building boom underway across U.S. as teams leverage leaving
A new wave of sports facility construction is underway. One driven, in part, by a race to keep up with rivals and one that could collectively cost...
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New York City evicts vendors from Brooklyn Bridge, ending a bustling tourist market
Scores of sellers who once peddled cheap souvenirs to tourists atop the Brooklyn Bridge were evicted Wednesday under a new city rule that prohibits...
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SpaceX illegally fired workers for complaining about Elon Musk, labor relations official claims
An official with the National Labor Relations Board filed an official complaint against SpaceX on Wednesday, claiming the company illegally fired...
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Ransomware theft in 2023 'as bad as it has ever been': Report
The scourge of ransomware in the U.S. is "as bad as it has ever been," with 2,207 governments, hospitals, and schools victimized by hackers in...