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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…
Countries, states, municipalities weigh return to 'normal'
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Tuesday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.
Chipotle to pay record $25 million fine to resolve criminal charges that tainted food sickened more than 1,100 people
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chipotle to pay record $25 million fine to resolve criminal charges that tainted food sickened more than 1,100 people.
Congress set to pass $483B virus aid as Trump eyes next deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is sprinting to approve the next
Doctors: Execution drugs could help COVID-19 patients
HOUSTON (AP) — Secrecy surrounding executions could hinder efforts by a group of medical professionals who are asking the nation’s death penalty states for medications used in lethal injections so that they can go …
Virus-caused unemployment in tennis could lead some to quit
Like plenty of people from all walks of life, 26-year-old Mitchell Krueger wants to sign up for unemployment benefits to make up for income lost because of the coronavirus pandemic.
AP: Publicly traded firms get $365M in small-business loans
Companies with thousands of employees, past penalties from government investigations and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus walloped the economy were among those receiving millions of dollars fr…
3 takeaways from AP review of small-business loan program
Small businesses have, like much of the U.S. economy, been walloped by the coronavirus. In response, Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program to infuse small businesses — which typically have less access to…
Pandemic is dealing European tourism 'staggering' blow
HALLE, Belgium (AP) — The European Union says its vaunted tourist industry is facing “staggering” figures of decline because of the coronavirus crisis and the bloc's internal market commissioner wants the sector to…
$100 million fund created for dead health workers' families
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Life Insurance Co. and Cigna Corp. said Tuesday they are setting up a $100 million fund to support the families of health care workers who have died treating COVID-19 patients.
Surge in UK benefits applications reinforces jobless fears
LONDON (AP) — The number of people seeking benefits in the U.K. is rising at the fastest pace on record and reinforcing fears that the country could see a surge in unemployment from its near 45-year low as a result…
Criminal records keep small-business owners from aid program
WASHINGTON (AP) — Damon West was hoping the government's coronavirus rescue package for
Trump tells Chevron to "wind down" oil fields in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered Chevron Corp. to “wind down” operations in Venezuela by Dec. 1, barring the California-based oil giant in the meantime from drilling or exportin…
Asia Today: Singapore extends lockdown amid surge in cases
BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore will extend its partial lockdown by four more weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday.
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday for the second straight day amid another steep skid in oil prices.
US stocks close 3% lower as oil price continues to collapse amid shriveling demand for energy and a global glut of crude
NEW YORK (AP) — US stocks close 3% lower as oil price continues to collapse amid shriveling demand for energy and a global glut of crude.