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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…
Southeast Asian nations struggling against coronavirus
Few Southeast Asian nations enacted serious measures to contain the coronavirus until their own number of cases starting climbing sharply. Indonesia, as the most populous country in the region,
Japan's exports sink in March as pandemic hits major markets
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports sank 11.7% in March as the coronavirus pandemic slammed auto shipments to the U.S. and China, generally its two biggest markets.
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United Airlines, Lennox fall; Bristol-Myers, M&T Bank rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday:
Baseball to beaches: Coast is different 10 years after spill
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — As millions of gallons of crude oil spewed into the blue water of the Gulf of Mexico from a blown-out BP well in 2010, coastal residents wondered whether their home would ever be the same.…
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell $8.86, or 43.4%, to close at $11.57 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell $6.24, or 24.4%, $19.33 a barrel.
Asia Today: India, Singapore see record numbers of new cases
BANGKOK (AP) — India and Singapore announced their biggest single-day spikes in new coronavirus cases on Monday, as the crisis intensifies in parts of Asia.
AP: Publicly traded firms get $300M 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…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says restaurants, gyms, hair salons and other businesses may begin reopening statewide Friday
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says restaurants, gyms, hair salons and other businesses may begin reopening statewide Friday.
Oil price goes negative as demand collapses; stocks dip
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares skidded on Tuesday after U.S. oil futures plunged below zero as storage for crude runs close to full amid a worldwide glut as demand collapses due to the pandemic.
'A stroke of luck' to be on global cruise during pandemic
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — For Spanish traveler Carlos Payá, being on an around-the-globe luxury cruise while the rest of world scurried into their homes for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic was beyond surreal. It was “a…
For meat plant workers, virus makes a hard job perilous
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Kulule Amosa’s husband earns $17.70 an hour at a South Dakota pork plant doing a job so physically demanding it can only be performed in 30-minute increments. After each shift last week, he…
US pork farmers panic as virus ruins hopes for great year
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After enduring extended trade disputes and worker shortages, U.S. hog farmers were poised to finally hit it big this year with expectations of climbing prices amid soaring domestic and forei…
AP Was There: Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 20, 2010, a well blew wild under a BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers were missing that day, and would later be declared dead. The blast touched off the…
How major US stock indexes fared Monday
Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Monday, as the market gave up some of the big gains from its first back-to-back weekly increase since February.