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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…
Carnival, MGM Resorts rise; Ford, AT&T, Coca-Cola fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday:
UK pubs shut, state steps in to pay wages in face of virus
LONDON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has turned everything on its head in the global economy, not least in Britain where the center-right Conservative government effectively socialized large chunks of the private…
Stocks close out their worst week since 2008 as economic woes from coronavirus seem sure to deepen; Dow sinks 900 points
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks close out their worst week since 2008 as economic woes from coronavirus seem sure to deepen; Dow sinks 900 points.
Southwest Airlines cuts most fights in and out of Midway
CHICAGO (AP) — Southwest Airlines said Friday that it had significantly scaled back its fights in and out of Midway International Airport, its Chicago hub, days after federal authorities closed the airport's contro…
California facing new reality: order to stay home amid virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Normally congested freeways in California were largely free of traffic Friday, though lines snaked out of grocery stores and people hit the streets for fresh air after waking up to a new r…
Home internet jammed up? Try these steps before upgrading
With so much of the U.S. workforce — and their families — now cooped up at home to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, it's not a huge surprise that home internet is showing the strain.
Senator asks for ethics review of his stock sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., is asking for an ethics review after coming under criticism for selling off as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dr…
As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions
NEW YORK (AP) — On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered evictions to carry out in his job as constable in Tucson, Arizona.
Business Fallout: Companies hoard cash, Walmart hiring 150K
Less than three months ago came the first reports of cases of pneumonia related to a virus first detected in Wuhan, China. The outbreak of the virus that causes COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruptions that ha…
High-stakes negotiations begin on $1T economic rescue
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trump administration officials launched high-stakes negotiations Friday with Senate Republicans and Democrats racing to draft a $1 trillion-plus economic resc…
Fed to help banks purchase muni bonds to keep credit flowing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said it would seek to hold down spiking interest rates in the state and municipal bond markets by supporting banks' purchase of the bonds.
Federal Reserve to help banks purchase municipal bonds to keep credit flowing to cities, states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve to help banks purchase municipal bonds to keep credit flowing to cities, states.
Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15
WASHINGTON (AP) — The income tax filing date has been pushed back from April 15, to July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
US home sales jumped to 13-year high before viral outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales jumped in February to their highest level in 13 years, a trend that will almost certainly be reversed as people stop showing their property out of fear of infection in the coronavi…
US home sales jumped in February to 13-year high, before viral outbreak began to slow purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — US home sales jumped in February to 13-year high, before viral outbreak began to slow purchases.