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

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Recess picks taint NLRB, says GOP

President Obama's recess appointments to fill the National Labor Relations Board are operating on "shaky ground" and any rulings they participate in will be "tainted," a key House Republican warned Tuesday.

February 7, 2012
An ad telecast during the Super Bowl for the Employee Rights Act was shown in the D.C. market. The spot featured auto-shop workers complaining about union dues and questioning each other about why they joined the union. (Center for Union Facts)

Anti-union group’s ad scores in Super Bowl

Only Washington-area viewers got to see it, but a $150,000 Super Bowl ad broadcast Sunday night threw an unexpected spotlight on a push by Capitol Hill Republicans to rewrite labor rules to weaken the power of union officials over individual workers.

February 6, 2012
Super Bowl tickets were in big demand by both resellers and fans before the game Sunday in Indianapolis. (Associated Press)

Resellers riled by ‘restrictive paperless tickets’

The use of "restrictive paperless tickets" at sporting and entertainment events has resellers crying foul and pushing laws in several states to ban the new practice that has the support of the nation's largest ticketing agencies.

February 6, 2012
Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (left), shakes hands with Sen. Tim Johnson, South Dakota Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, after a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The committee held the hearing to review the first semiannual report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

‘Dialed-down’ opposition for banking watchdog

In his first Senate hearing since taking over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, new Director Richard Cordray faced "dialed-down" opposition Tuesday from Republicans still angry over President Obama's decision to put him in place through a recess appointment.

January 31, 2012
Mark Blondin, Machinists Union national aerospace coordinator, hugs a Boeing worker after the announcement Dec. 7 that the union voted for a new contract. A Republican bill would require workers to reaffirm their faith in unions with a new vote every three years. (Associated Press)

GOP seeks to loosen labor’s grip

In an effort to loosen labor's grip on workers, two GOP lawmakers want legislation that would require workers to re-affirm the existence of their unions with new votes every three years.

January 29, 2012
Boeing hopes to ramp up production of its 787 Dreamliner model this year. The Chicago-based company posted its best year ever in 2011. (Associated Press)

Boeing faced with strong headwinds

Aerospace giant Boeing announced Wednesday it had posted its best year ever in 2011, but it faces a tough time repeating the performance in 2012.

January 25, 2012
"Look, in my lifetime the single thing that hurt people most was the financial crisis," Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray tells the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. "I think we can help head that off in the future." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gentle grilling greets new consumer banking watchdog

Congressional Republicans gave President Obama's new consumer finance watchdog a relatively gentle grilling in his first public hearing on Capitol Hill, despite lingering distrust about the agency he heads and anger with Mr. Obama's decision to use his recess appointment power earlier this month to install him in his post.

January 24, 2012
A Boeing 787 lands at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., on Friday. Boeing is building its 787 Dreamliner to use 20 percent less fuel than the jet it replaces. (Associated Press)

Fuel costs spur airlines’ cuts in usage

Even before the European Union recently hit airlines with a controversial new emissions fee on international flights, carriers already were pushing to reduce their carbon footprints in a bid to save money.

January 23, 2012
** FILE ** An Egyptian man votes on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, at a polling center in Qalyobeia, Egypt, during the third round of the country's first parliamentary elections following the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. (Associated Press)

Minister: Egypt open for business

Egypt's top economics minister came to Washington this week with a plea for renewed U.S. investment and support amid the country's uncertain political future after the Arab Spring.

January 19, 2012
** FILE ** President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, during a forum on jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republicans fume as Obama rejects Keystone pipeline

In an election-year decision that divided the Democrats' twin pillars of big labor and environmentalists, the Obama administration Wednesday rejected the proposed route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would provide up to 20,000 jobs on a project stretching from Canada to the Texas coast.

January 18, 2012

Group says Keystone pipeline benefits are embellished

A coalition of businesses is the first such group to denounce the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline and is urging President Obama to reject the project and turn the nation's focus to alternative and renewable energy.

January 16, 2012
Illustration: National Labor Relations Board

Union fight pits rights of free speech, private land

With a full complement of members after President Obama's recent recess appointments, the National Labor Relations Board could soon rule on a closely watched labor law case with major implications for property rights, union organizing tactics and even what workers can write about on their company email accounts.

January 12, 2012

Business groups up pressure for pipeline approval

The controversial Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline deserves U.S. government support and should be the centerpiece of a new national energy strategy, according to a pair of top business spokesmen.

January 12, 2012

Business groups fear revitalized NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board will have a "cloud" hanging over any rulings it makes after President Obama this week pushed through three recess appointments to the agency that don't pass "constitutional muster," a former member of the labor board said Thursday.

January 5, 2012