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Basin home prices up overall
MOSES LAKE — Home prices were up across most of the Columbia Basin in August, the latest month for which informati…
FIFA sees 'duty' to help as pandemic ravages soccer finances
As the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic ripple across world football, FIFA sees a "duty” to offer a lifeline from its vast cash reserves.
Most large local industrial employers remain in operation
MOSES LAKE — Most of the region’s largest businesses are either too specialized or essential to the fight against the COVID-19 virus to change to producing medical goods or equipment, according to the head of a loc…
Adams County pre-COVID-19 employment looks up
ADAMS COUNTY — The non-farm unemployment numbers for Adams County got off to a good start for 2020, but it is yet to be seen how they will hold during the COVI…
Adams County businesses asked to take survey about effects of COVID-19
OTHELLO — The Adams County Development Council is conducting a survey to find out what needs Adams County businesses have during the COVID-19 crisis. Adams County Development Council (ACDC) and Adams County are par…
Businesses may get COVID-19 relief loans as soon as Friday
NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses seeking loans through the government's $2 trillion
Stocks fall, capping Wall Street's worst quarter since 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell Tuesday to close out Wall Street’s worst quarter since the most harrowing days of the 2008 financial crisis.
FDA changes boost alcohol for sanitizer from ethanol makers
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has relaxed regulations on the types of alcohol that can be used to make hand sanitizers during the shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, expanding th…
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Tuesday, ending the first three months of the year with a decline of 20%, the market's worst quarter since the dark days of the financial crisis.
Conagra, Schlumberger rise; Domino's, RH fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday:
Stocks fall and the S&P 500 ends with a first-quarter drop of 20%, its worst quarterly performance since 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fall and the S&P 500 ends with a first-quarter drop of 20%, its worst quarterly performance since 2008.
Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of toxic water, sirens and loud pops from propane cannons echo off the granite walls to scare away birds so they don’t land.
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store for week ending March 29th
Treasury wants airlines to say how they will pay back loans
DALLAS (AP) — The Treasury Department wants airlines to say how they will compensate the government for $25 billion in grants used to keep employees on the payroll during the coronavirus outbreak.
Poland to seek $1.5 billion from Russia's Gazprom
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's state gas company says it will seek $1.5 billion from Russia's Gazprom after an international arbitration court in Stockholm said Gazprom was overcharging Poland.
Virus slump expected to rival big recessions in history
LONDON (AP) — The coronavirus-related recessions around the world are going to be bad — and for some of the world's major industrial nations the worst that anyone alive has experienced, according to analysts at Deu…