Economy and Business News - Washington Business and Financial News - Washington Times
Skip to content

Business & Economy

Featured Articles

The IRS waited "an exorbitant period of time" and should have been able to act once it admitted it was targeting tea party groups, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said in an order issued late Friday. (Associated Press)

Judge orders IRS to clear tea party application backlog within month

- The Washington Times

A federal judge has ordered the IRS to finally clean up the tea party targeting mess, giving the tax agency less than a month to decide on a handful of applications that are still pending more than three years after officials first admitted they were targeting the conservative groups and subjecting them to intrusive scrutiny.

Scott Schwar, left, of Oak Park, Il, orders the first cocktail at the new Jim Beam Bourbon Bar located on the grounds of the Jim Beam Distillery, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Clermont, Ky. This summer, Kentucky passed legislation allowing distilleries to apply for licenses to permit the sale of cocktails by the glass, and Jim Beam was among the first to receive it's license. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Whiskey workers strike at 2 Jim Beam distilleries in Kentucky

- Associated Press

More than 200 union workers walked off their jobs at Beam distilleries at Clermont and Boston in Kentucky after voting Friday to reject the latest contract offer from the world’s leading bourbon producer.

Related Articles

At booming Jim Beam, strikers complain of grueling workweeks

Associated Press

A union leader for striking Jim Beam workers in Kentucky says contract talks will resume Tuesday as whiskey workers continue picketing the world's biggest bourbon producer. Their main complaint is not money, but time - they say they're being overworked.

Editorials from around Ohio

- Associated Press

Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers:

Caterpillar CEO to retire next year

Associated Press

Caterpillar says CEO Doug Oberhelman will retire from the company next year and will be replaced with Jim Umpleby, an executive who has worked at the company for more than three decades.

Herschel Walker: There's no shame in asking for help

- Associated Press

There's Herschel Walker the former professional football player. The Heisman trophy winner. The bobsledder. The mixed martial artist. The founder of one of the largest minority-owned chicken companies in the U.S. The board member of a publicly traded company.

CO2 to fish food, other ideas advance in $20M XPRIZE contest

- Associated Press

With dreams of turning carbon dioxide into everything from concrete to fish food, teams from six countries have advanced beyond the first phase of a $20 million XPRIZE contest to find profitable uses for CO2 emitted by power plants.

Tunica-Biloxi Tribe gets $2.3 million education grant

Associated Press

The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana has been awarded $2.3 million over the next four years from the U.S. Department of Education to improve education and provide native students with the resources needed to be college and career-ready.