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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…
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…
US pressures Mexico to reopen plants amid worker walkouts
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. pressed Mexico on Tuesday to reopen border assembly plants that are key to the U.S. supply chain, including defense contractors, as more employees staged walkouts and protests at the fac…
Senate approves $500B virus aid deal, sends it to House
WASHINGTON (AP) — A $483 billion
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…
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
iTunes Store/App Store charts for week ending April 19th
Oil’s chaotic collapse deepens; stocks drop worldwide
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices crumpled even further Tuesday, and U.S. stocks sank to their worst loss in weeks as worries swept markets worldwide about the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Q&A: Oil prices hit new lows as economic pain deepens
NEW YORK (AP) — A barrel of oil now costs less than a cheap bottle of wine.
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.
IBM, HCA Healthcare fall; Beyond Meat, Laboratory Corp. rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday:
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.
Chipotle agrees to record $25 million fine over tainted food
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay a record $25 million fine to resolve criminal charges that it served tainted food that sickened more than 1,100 people in the U.S. in outbreaks f…
$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.
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.
SBA reports data breach in disaster loan application website
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of small business owners reeling from the aggressive measures taken to halt the spread of the coronavirus may have had their personal information exposed last month on a government website…
Back to work? Companies finding it easier said than done
NEW YORK (AP) — As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some corporations are taking the first steps toward bringing their employees ba…