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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…
Deutsche Bank net profit falls due to pandemic
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank has reported that its net income fell to 66 million euros ($72 million) in the first quarter as the pandemic hurt its business. The bank said it was letting its financial buf…
Liz Weston: How to ask your bank or lender for help
Many banks, credit card issuers and other lenders have promised to help those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. They’re offering to defer or reduce payments and waive interest charges and rebate fees for those …
US grants Iraq another month's waiver for Iran gas imports
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has again granted Iraq only a month-long sanctions waiver enabling the government to continue importing gas and electricity from Iran, two Iraqi officials said, a sign of Washington’s growin…
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…
Asia Today: Officials: No more hospitalized Wuhan patients
BANGKOK (AP) — Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized patients after the last 12 were discharged, the Hubei province health commission said.
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 Today: Sri Lanka reimposes curfew; India eases lockdown
BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors who were searching for those evading quarantine.
Mexico says auto factories to reopen with virus safeguards
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Friday it plans to reopen automotive factories in conjunction with the United States and Canada.
Trump: Postal Service must charge Amazon more, or no loan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't approve a $10 billion loan for the U.S. Postal Service unless the agency raises charges for Amazon and other big shippers to four to five times cur…
Asia Today: India's Modi warns against complacency vs virus
BANGKOK (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned the country’s 1.3 billion people against any complacency in the fight against the coronavirus.
Publicly traded hotel firms won't give back small-biz loans
Three publicly traded hotel companies tied to a Texas businessman
Microsoft's technology chief pivots to pandemic response
Microsoft's chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, oversees thousands of engineers and scientists working in artificial intelligence, computer science and other research.
3 states partly reopen, despite health officials' warnings
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from
Gaza factories roar back to life to make protective wear
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — For the first time in years, sewing factories in the Gaza Strip are back to working at full capacity — producing masks, gloves and protective gowns, some of which are bound for Israel.
Survey: Business economists' outlook darkens since virus hit
WASHINGTON (AP) — A survey of U.S. business economists in mid-April found that one-third of their companies had shut down at least some of their operations, and two-thirds had laid off or furloughed workers or cut …