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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…
Stocks open higher on Wall Street at end of a brutal week
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Friday at the end of another turbulent week. The Dow and S&P 500 are each up more than 1%. The gains, if they hold, would mark the first back-to-back advance…
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as markets see somewhat calmer trading after a brutal week of swings
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as markets see somewhat calmer trading after a brutal week of swings.
Most renters won't receive protections under Trump proposal
NEW YORK (AP) — Most Americans who rent their home, many of whom have lost their jobs in the sudden economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak, will not be eligible for eviction protections, despite what …
US mortgage rates climb this week; 30-year loan at 3.65%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates climbed this week in a whip-sawing market amid deepening anxiety over devastation to the economy from the coronavirus pandemic.
McConnell plan: Direct payments of $1,200 per person, $2,400 per couple amid virus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — McConnell plan: Direct payments of $1,200 per person, $2,400 per couple amid virus outbreak.
McConnell unveils economic rescue plan amid virus shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a sweeping economic rescue plan Thursday to pump $1,200 direct checks to taxpayers, $300 billion for small businesses to keep idled workers on payro…
2020 campaigns go digital amid fears of coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON (AP) — No more rallies. No more door-knocking. And no more in-person fundraisers, raking in dollars from dozens of millionaires at once.
The Latest: Sri Lankan government imposes 2 1/2 day curfew
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 244,000 people and killed more than 10,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more li…
Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread
NEW YORK (AP) — In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king.
GOP economic recovery plan at a glance
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump’s Senate GOP allies Thursday released a $1 trillion-plus economic recovery plan to speed direct payments of up to $1,200 to individuals, help small businesses stay afloat, and prov…
California governor issues statewide order for people to stay at home amid virus outbreak.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor issues statewide order for people to stay at home amid virus outbreak.
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
Major indexes closed with solid gains on Wall Street Thursday after shaking off a rocky start. Trading was still bumpy but nothing like the wild swings seen in recent weeks.
Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street after a bumpy, but less frenetic day; Dow climbs nearly 200 points, or 1%
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street after a bumpy, but less frenetic day; Dow climbs nearly 200 points, or 1%.
Guess, Williams-Sonoma rise; Ford, Vail Resorts fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday:
EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has coronavirus
BRUSSELS (AP) — Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief negotiator for the bloc's future relationship with Britain after Brexit, has been infected with the new coronavirus.