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Moses Lake SGL plant waiting for buyer
MOSES LAKE — The SGL plant in Moses Lake is for sale, and proposals to buy it are due this week. Basin Ag Sales is…
Back at work, Boris Johnson urges patience over UK lockdown
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of coronavir…
Facing disaster, Russian businesses find Kremlin aid lacking
MOSCOW (AP) — Desperate business owners in Russia have been pleading with the Kremlin for help in the pandemic shutdown. The response, however, has been slow and largely focused on big industries, leaving most smal…
Asia shares mixed, eyeing economies reopening, central banks
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed Tuesday as governments inch toward letting businesses reopen and central banks step in to provide cash to economies.
Federal Reserve expands lending to more cities and counties
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will allow a much larger number of cities and counties to participate in a lending program that it announced
Asian markets gain after Japan central bank boosts aid
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets gained Monday after Japan's central bank promised more asset purchases to shore up financial markets as investors look to central bankers to support the struggling global economy.
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell 44 cents, or 3.4%, to close at $12.34 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 47 cents, or 2.4%, to $20.46 a barrel.
This Week: Consumer confidence, Q1 GDP, Amazon earns
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
Military chaplains pivot to serve soldiers in virus outbreak
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) —
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Mideast economies take massive hit with oil price crash
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is planning painful cuts in social benefits relied on by millions of government workers. Saudi Arabia will likely have to delay mega-projects. Egypt and Lebanon face a blow as their workers in t…
How major US stock indexes fared Monday
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street and around the world Monday as governments prepare to gradually lift restrictions they imposed on businesses to slow the sweep of the coronavirus pandemic.
Brazil edges toward being next big coronavirus hot spot
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the coronavirus amid President Jair Bolsonaro’s insistence that it is just a "little flu” and that there is no need for the sharp re…
Riots in impoverished north Lebanon city amid currency crash
BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in northern Lebanon Monday amid a crash in the local currency and a surge in food prices. Dozens of young men smashed the fronts of local banks…
Tesla, Big Lots rise; Embraer, Regeneron fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday:
Companies press for limited liability from virus lawsuits
As companies start planning their reopening in the coming weeks, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers and customers infected by the coronavirus.