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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…
Macy's, Kohl's, Gap to furlough majority of their workers
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's, Kohl's and Gap Inc. all said Monday they will stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were thrown out of work when the chains temporarily closed their stores and sales collapsed as a …
Wall Street's rally rolls on, led by health care stocks
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Monday, led by big gains for health care companies announcing developments that could aid in the coronavirus outbreak.
How major US stock indexes fared Monday
Stocks closed higher again on Wall Street Monday, led by health care stocks, bringing the market's surge over the past week to 17%.
Stocks rise again on Wall Street, bringing its gain over the past week to 17%, as hopes build for coronavirus response
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rise again on Wall Street, bringing its gain over the past week to 17%, as hopes build for coronavirus response.
Abbott, Johnson & Johnson rise; SeaWorld, Carnival Fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday:
Correction: Insider Q&A-Zoom CEO story
In a March 27, 2020, story about Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, The Associated Press misquoted Yuan saying “launch time” when in fact he said “lunch time.”
Urgent question from small businesses: When will aid arrive?
NEW YORK (AP) — When will the money arrive?
New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United Sta…
Grandparenting goes digital as virus keeps older adults home
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A few weeks ago, Debbie Cameron saw her grandsons most days, playing the piano, making after-school snacks or singing nursery rhymes with the baby in her Chandler, Arizona, home.
Lufthansa puts 27,000 workers on short hours
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German airline Lufthansa is putting 27,000 of its 35,000 employees on short hours under a government support program that will ensure they get most of their pay while the virus outbreak re…
Rent strike idea gaining steam during coronavirus crisis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
Long-standing UK restaurant chain goes bust as sector reels
LONDON (AP) — Well-known food and retail chains in Britain are calling in bankruptcy administrators and struggling to pay bills after the government ordered shops and restaurants closed to fight the coronavirus pan…
Macy's, stores dark, will furlough 130,000 people
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's, stores dark, will furlough 130,000 people.
Gray hair, don't care: Cuts and color lead to home travails
NEW YORK (AP) — Sister love playing out in a living-room hair trim. A botched home dye job with a silver lining. Stylists shipping out kits of personalized color with promises to talk their regulars through the pro…
US pending home sales trended higher before virus outbreak
BALTIMORE (AP) — Americans signed more contracts in February to buy homes, but the gains are likely relics of a moment before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy spiraling into a likely recession.