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Insurance rates won’t go up in wake of 2026 wildfires
MOSES LAKE — Almost three-fifths of American homeowners have concerns about their insurance rates going up due to …
Money for meals for California seniors could end in 2 weeks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first-in-the-nation plan to pay for and deliver three meals a day to vulnerable seniors during the coronavirus crisis has less than two weeks to launch before feder…
Q&A: With rock-bottom prices, will the oil industry recover?
NEW YORK (AP) — With a barrel of crude oil costing less than a New York pizza, many U.S. shale producers are being pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and experts are wondering when, and if, the oil industry will rec…
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How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Tuesday after an early gain evaporated, snapping the market's two-day winning streak.
Gov't OKs $50B in small biz loans, banks complain of snags
NEW YORK (AP) — The government says it has approved an additional $50 billion in loans to small businesses, although banks are complaining that a bottleneck at the Small Business Administration is severely slowing …
Ford posts $2B 1Q loss blamed largely on coronavirus
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. posted a $2 billion first-quarter net loss, blaming nearly all of it on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Easing lockdowns makes day-to-day choices more complicated
Things were so much clearer when just about everything was locked down.
Slumping tech favorites pull major US stock indexes lower
Wall Street jostled to a mixed finish Tuesday, as former stalwarts ran out of momentum and some of the market’s most beaten-down stocks turned into winners.
D.R. Horton, 3M rise; Merck, Centene fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday:
Google's growth slows as pandemic infests advertising market
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter.
Earnings season is in full swing and uncertainty is certain
The most active week of the earnings season is on and the rush of quarterly reports Tuesday, 39 in all, captured the maneuvering of companies from almost every sector as they feel their way through an unprecedented…
Pepsi beats 1Q forecasts but says outlook is grimmer
PepsiCo — which makes Frito Lay chips and Quaker cereals — is getting a boost as more U.S. consumers eat breakfast and snack at home.
Pfizer 1Q sales and profit down, but it maintains 2020 views
Drugmaker Pfizer said the COVID-19 pandemic will reduce its second-quarter sales, as quarantines around the world are reducing visits to doctors — by patients with chronic conditions, parents bringing in kids needi…
Pandemic job actions offer hope for renewed labor movement
Jordan Flowers never thought he would become a labor leader. Then the coronavirus forced him to risk his life every time he clocked in.