Washington Times - Business

• States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity at water utilities amid renewed federal warnings

  3-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 21

  The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack.

• $842 million Powerball ticket sold in Michigan; 1st time the game has been won on New Year's Day

  2-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 24

  Someone in Michigan has won an $842.4 million Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year's Day since...

• As AI booms, fear spreads that Biden is undercutting U.S. industry

  2-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 12

  America's artificial intelligence corporate sector is alive and thriving, but many in the tech trenches are expressing mounting concern that...

• Legal contortions keep President Biden's unconfirmed labor secretary on the job

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 27

  President Biden's ultra-liberal nominee to run the Department of Labor couldn't muster the votes last year to win Senate confirmation, but she's...

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• Organized crime blamed for nationwide scourge of shoplifting, smash-and-grab flash mobs

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 21

  Rampant shoplifting and organized retail theft, often unchecked by local governments and allowed to grow into a multibillion-dollar business, have...

• You bet! College Football Playoff semifinals could set gambling records

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 13

  Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College...

• Paula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault in lawsuit

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 28

  Paula Abdul has accused former "American Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the...

• A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship's hold is out after several days of burning

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 27

  After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship's hold for a number of days, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Saturday that the fire was out...

• Revelers in Times Square welcome 2024 amid increased security, global tensions

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 25

  New Year's Day arrived to cheers from thousands in New York's Times Square where a sparkling crystal ball descended to start 2024 with hope for some.

• Bangladesh court sentences Nobel laureate Yunus to 6 months in jail for violating labor laws

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 17

  A labor court in Bangladesh's capital sentenced Monday Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country's...

• The Empire State rings in the new year with a pay bump for minimum-wage workers

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 24

  New York's minimum-wage workers had more than just the new year to celebrate Monday, with a pay bump kicking in as the clock ticked over to 2024.

• Embezzlement of Oregon weekly newspaper's funds forces it to lay off entire staff and halt print

  31-12-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 24

  An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee,...