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Tim Devaney was a national reporter who covered business and international trade for The Washington Times.

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Mary Plush, 85, learns how to type an email in a course teaching senior citizens the ins and outs of the Internet. "The computer helps stimulate your mind," says Maelene Johnson, another resident at Garfield Terrace in Northwest. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Seniors connecting with Internet technology

It's the ultimate challenge in Internet dating - getting senior citizens hooked up with the Web. Connected Living is one company trying to teach seniors, many with limited Internet experience, how to log on, use social media and connect to families and the outside world.

June 4, 2012

Colombia woos U.S. for wireless push

With a major free-trade deal with Washington now in effect, Colombia is looking for American companies to help make Internet service available throughout the developing nation.

May 31, 2012
** FILE ** Youths hang out near a McDonald's restaurant at a train station in Shenyang in northern China's Liaoning province. (Associated Press)

Chinese ‘looking for opportunities’ in U.S.

The world's most populous country is in the midst of a wave of purchases and investments in American companies. The influx of Chinese capital is welcomed by some economists, while others fear the increasing influence of the rising superpower.

May 28, 2012
Palmetto trees, the state tree of South Carolina, frame a gas station sign on Folly Beach, S.C., on Monday, May 21, 2012. The Carolinas AAA motor club reported that South Carolina had the cheapest gas in the nation on Monday and prices could drop even more this summer. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Gas prices decline for holiday weekend

As Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the summer driving season, consumers are seeing a significant decline in gas prices — a reprieve from the sky-high pump prices that analysts feared.

May 23, 2012
**FILE** Demonstrators outside the White House march in November with a replica of a pipeline during a protest of the planned Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to Texas. (Associated Press)

Opponents claim Keystone would boost gas prices

TransCanada's proposed $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline, a massive project that would transport Canadian oil to Texas refineries on the Gulf Coast, has been pitched as a way to lower domestic gas prices. But a coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday produced a new study claiming the pipeline would have the opposite effect.

May 22, 2012
** FILE ** Thomas J. Donohue, head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (Associated Press)

Regulation seen as a drag on business

The head of the nation's largest business lobby on Monday said the Obama administration's heavy regulatory hand was "making it difficult" for the business community.

May 21, 2012
The use of the "Made in America" label is under criticism, and Alan Uke – author of "Buying America Back" – is lobbying lawmakers for new standards. Pictured here: L.L. Bean's familiar leather and rubber duck boot is still American-made at factories in Maine. (Associated Press)

Tougher standards sought for ‘Made in America’ label

U.S. consumers may be surprised to learn many products bearing the label "Made in America" are largely built outside of the United States. The practice exploits a little-known loophole in the product-label system that one California businessman says he is determined to expose.

May 16, 2012

NLRB mulls reviving speedy union-vote rule

The National Labor Relations Board said it is studying its options on how to "move forward" after a court struck down the agency's controversial rule to speed up union-representation elections earlier this week, because of what unions are calling a technicality.

May 15, 2012
Commerce Secretary John E. Bryson (Associated Press)

Obama pushes tourism as job-creator

As part of National Travel and Tourism Week, the Obama administration on Thursday announced plans to boost tourism in America by attracting almost twice as many foreign visitors over the next decade.

May 10, 2012
**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speaks Jan. 31, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

House OKs bill to reauthorize Ex-Im bank

Shrugging off a revolt from fiscally conservative Republican backbenchers, the House on Wednesday pushed through a last-minute bill to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which supports American companies that do business in foreign countries. The bank's current charter expires May 31.

May 9, 2012
Traders Michael Zicchinolfi (left) and Vincent Quinones keep an eye on prices Monday on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks were under pressure after angry voters in Greece and France rejected painful budget cuts demanded by international lenders. But investors did not panic about the election news. (Associated Press)

Investors don’t panic over votes in France, Greece

Investors on both side of the Atlantic shrugged off weekend election results from France and Greece, showing little sign of panic after voters rejected parties backing severe austerity programs imposed to address the Continent's debt and currency woes.

May 7, 2012
President Obama and his wife, Michelle, acknowledge the crowd Saturday during a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. His speech was interrupted several times with chants of "four more years." (Associated Press)

Obama, spokesmen step up the politicking

The Obama re-election effort shifted into a higher gear over the weekend, with the president and the first lady leading rallies at colleges in Ohio and Virginia on Saturday.

May 6, 2012

Looking for investment opportunities in Libya

The fall of Moammar Gadhafi has paved the way for the U.S. business community to invest in Libya as the troubled Middle Eastern nation tries to rebuild itself after a civil war tore the country apart last year.

May 6, 2012
** FILE ** Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Hilton Arlington in Arlington, Va., May 2, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Gingrich goes to bat for Romney, ‘can’t imagine’ being veep

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who ended his own bid for the Republican presidential nomination just last week, tried out a dramatically different role Sunday, transforming himself from Mitt Romney's biggest critic to the former Massachusetts governor's most vocal supporter.

May 6, 2012