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

Articles by Tim Devaney

A Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant in Atlanta is seen here on July 19, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chick-fil-A chief’s views on marriage alienate gays, Muppets

It's the Muppets and the mayor of Boston against an ex-governor of Arkansas, as comments by a top executive of the Chick-fil-A fast-food chain in defense of Christian values and traditional marriage are cooking up a healthy side order of controversy. Published July 24, 2012

Coffman

Paperwork, 
costs push 
doctors out
 of practices

Doctors are leaving their small private practices to join larger hospitals so they can spend less time dealing with the administrative side of the business and more time with their patients. Published July 23, 2012

Rep. Lee Terry, Nebraska Republican, says his bill authorizing the initial portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, through Montana and South Dakota but stopping short of Nebraska, “doesn’t have anything to do with elections.” (Associated Press)

Nebraskan out to unlock Keystone

In another attempt to move forward with the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a top House Republican is pushing Congress to approve work on much of the northern portion of the Canada-to-Texas project that has been delayed for years. Published July 23, 2012

** FILE ** In this Thursday, March 29, 2012, file photo, a vehicle drives in front of the PayPal/eBay offices in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Lawmakers push Web retailers to collect sales tax

Online retailers are coming under fire from Washington and state governments for not collecting sales tax from customers who purchase goods and services through websites such as Amazon and eBay. Published July 18, 2012

Hans-Peter Keitel, president of the Federation of German Industries, tells a Washington think tank Monday that Germany feels a sense of responsibility for helping Greece, Italy and Spain recover from their economic crises. (DAPD via Associated Press)

Germany ‘has to do as much as we can’

Germany is well-positioned to help its neighbors emerge from the eurozone crisis, but throwing money at the problem can only do so much to help, a top German businessman told a gathering at a Washington think tank Monday. Published July 16, 2012

** FILE ** Ed Gillespie (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Obama camp hits hard on Bain slam

While Republicans on Sunday complained that the Obama campaign's latest round of attacks on Mitt Romney are blatantly untrue, unfair and demeaning to the office of the presidency, Team Obama fired off a blunt response: Stop whining. Published July 15, 2012

Norquist

Workers’ tax burden ends almost a month early

The day when Americans stop working to finance the government is coming a month earlier this year, but anti-tax activist Grover Norquist warns President Obama doesn't deserve any credit. Published July 12, 2012

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (left), Missouri Republican. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers take aim at ATM scams

Capitol Hill lawmakers are moving ahead with legislation that would prevent what critics say are frivolous lawsuits against banks, credit unions and stores that operate ATMs by exploiting a loophole in federal disclosure laws. Published July 11, 2012

** FILE ** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has a word with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke as they testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Congress steps up rate-setting probe

A key House lawmaker said he plans to press both American bankers and U.S. regulators as Congress steps up its probe into a interest-rate-setting scandal that has erupted on both sides of the Atlantic. Published July 10, 2012

Danny Sobel, whose family owns the Clock Shop in Vienna, Va., stands by two grandfather clocks in his shop. The one on the left was was made by Pennsylvania craftsman David Lindow, who with his son and a part-time employee builds about 125 clocks in a typical year. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Time not on clockmaker’s side

Think of him as Grandfather Time. David Lindow is one of the last manufacturers in the country of grandfather clocks. As he practices a venerable craft dating back to the 17th century, the clock may be ticking on yet another American industry battling competition from foreign rivals and from technological innovation that has put market pressure even on the wristwatch. Published July 5, 2012

**FILE** Rachel Del Guidici, 18, of Shreve, Ohio, and others demonstrate June 28, 2012, against President Obama's health care law outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (Associated Press)

Health care law’s opponents point to cost

The small business lobby that helped spearhead the legal challenge to President Obama's health care law expressed sharp disappointment Thursday over the Supreme Court's rejection of their case. Published June 28, 2012

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listens to U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk (left) during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday on Russia joining the World Trade Organization and the administration's views on the implications for the United States. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Administration seeks better trade with Russia

The way the Obama administration tells it, improving trade relations with Russia as it prepares to enter the World Trade Organization would be in America's best interest. Published June 21, 2012

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils "Surface", a new tablet computer to compete with Apple's iPad, at Hollywood's Milk Studios in Los Angeles Monday, June 18, 2012. The 9.3 millimeter thick tablet comes with a kickstand to hold it upright and keyboard that is part of the device's cover. It weighs under 1.5 pounds. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

What’s beneath the surface of Microsoft’s tablet?

Microsoft's plan to build the first tablet computer in its history signals a possible sea change in the software giant's strategy and risks angering some of its long-standing partners such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Published June 19, 2012

Median net worth declined 35%

For the second time in as many weeks, the federal government is out with new numbers measuring the toll the Great Recession has taken on the nest eggs of ordinary Americans. Published June 18, 2012

**FILE** Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (standing, in red) and state Rep. Peter Barca (in yellow), Kenosha Democrat, talk June 12, 2012, during Walker's "brat summit" at the executive residence in the Village of Maple Bluff, Wis. (Associated Press/Wisconsin State Journal)

Governors state their case for growth

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, just one week removed from his victorious recall election, told a group of business leaders in Washington on Wednesday his state is now "open for business." Published June 13, 2012

A magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in Munich on Oct. 10, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Facebook investors may get refunds

The Facebook investors who got burned by delays and computer glitches on a chaotic first day of trading could get refunds for the losses they suffered. Published June 6, 2012