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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…
This Week: Netflix earns, Delta results, new home sales
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
Trump says he's close to a deal with Congress on virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program that has
Moscow businessman tries life as deliveryman during pandemic
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow businessman tired of being stuck at home roaming the internet due to the coronavirus lockdown has temporarily switched to the low-paid but physically active job of delivering meals.
10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling in deeper and deeper waters, where payoffs can be hug…
AP PHOTOS: The workers who keep Spain going under lockdown
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — As Spain hunkers down after five weeks of confinement, the brave few keep the country going
Pope dreams of post-virus world where inequalities abolished
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging the faithful to use the coronavirus pandemic's “time of trial” to prepare for a future where inequalities are abolished and the poorest are no longer left behind.
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.…
Asia Today: S. Korea sees smallest rise in cases in 2 months
BANGKOK (AP) — South Korea reported just eight more cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, the first time a daily increase has dropped to single digits in about two months.
Walmart looks to hire 50K more; Boeing gets another setback
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.
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.
UN experts want to blacklist 14 ships over NKorea sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts have recommended blacklisting 14 vessels for violating sanctions against North Korea in a report that accuses the country of increasing illegal coal exports, imports of petroleum …
Lacking US coordination, states team up on when to reopen
President Donald Trump, in a roller-coaster week of reversals and contradictions, told governors to “call your own shots” on lifting stay-at-home orders once the coronavirus threat subsides. But then he took to Twi…
Paul O'Neill, former Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush and Alcoa CEO, dies at 84 from lung cancer, family says
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul O'Neill, former Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush and Alcoa CEO, dies at 84 from lung cancer, family says.
Asia Today: Singapore sees huge surge in new virus cases
BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore reported 942 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of infections to 5,992, including 11 deaths.
'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…