Washington Times - Business

• House Republicans reach stopgap spending deal as Congress races to avert government shutdown

  18-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 65

  House Republicans revealed their own short-term government funding package Sunday evening as lawmakers in Washington work to reach a bipartisan...

• UAW union leader demands 40% pay raise, a shorter workweek as autoworkers' strike drags on

  18-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 44

  United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Sunday that a 21% raise for its union members was "definitely a no-go" amid demands for Detroit's Big...

• UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they?

  18-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 59

  It's been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit's three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years,...

• Drew Barrymore and 'The Talk' postpone their daytime talk shows until after the Hollywood strikes

  18-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 40

  Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she'll...

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• Thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding an end to warming-causing fossil fuels

  18-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 44

  Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try...

• First two cargo ships arrive in Ukrainian port after Russia's exit from grain deal

  18-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 50

  Two cargo ships arrived in one of Ukraine's ports over the weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Kyiv following Russia's...

• Protesters demand that Japan save 1000s of trees by revising a design plan for a popular Tokyo park

  18-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 22

  Protesters in Tokyo formed a human chain Sunday to demand the government save thousands of trees by revising its plan to redevelop a popular...

• Erdogan says Turkey may part ways with the E.U.

  17-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 22

  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that Turkey may part ways with the European Union, implying that the country is thinking about ending...

• The Senate's bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House

  16-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 30

  On one side of the Capitol, two senators have steered the debate over government funding mostly clear of partisan fights, creating a path for bills...

• Top E.U. official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance

  16-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 23

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which was overwhelmed with thousands...

• The cost of damage from the record floods in Greece's breadbasket is estimated to be in the billions

  16-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 34

  The apples were almost ripe for harvesting when the worst storms in more than a century struck Greece's breadbasket in Thessaly.

• Auto worker strike creates test of Biden's goals on labor and climate

  16-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 27

  Two of President Joe Biden 's top goals - fighting climate change and expanding the middle class by supporting unions - are colliding in the key...