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Port of Moses Lake issues bonds to buy property
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake will issue about $19 million in bonds to buy land adjoining existing port prop…
Officials seek $750 billion in economic aid to thwart virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — With an urgency unseen since the Great Recession, Congress is rushing to develop a sweeping economic lifeline for American households and businesses suddenly capsized by the
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Chinese company abandons $1.8B Arkansas paper mill plan
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Chinese company has abandoned its plan to build a massive paper mill in southwestern Arkansas that had already been delayed by trade tensions.
As Congress eyes economic package, Democrats seek $750B
WASHINGTON (AP) — With an urgency unseen since the Great Recession, Congress is rushing to develop a sweeping economic lifeline for American households and businesses suddenly capsized by the
As pandemic spreads, China's ex-epicenter down to 1 new case
MADRID (AP) — The battle to contain the coronavirus reached new urgency, as more governments locked down borders and ordered new closures and restrictions and pleas went out to funnel masks and ventilators to place…
Government issues historic restrictions amid virus outbreak
The United States implemented dramatic new restrictions on Americans going out in public and 7 million people in the San Francisco area were put on a near-total lockdown to control the coronavirus emergency that ha…
Stocks sink at open, triggering 15 minute halt in trading, as investors worry virus impact could lead to recession
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sink at open, triggering 15 minute halt in trading, as investors worry virus impact could lead to recession.
France fines Apple $1.2 billion for anti-competitive acts
PARIS (AP) — French regulators fined Apple 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Monday for striking deals to keep prices high, in the biggest-ever such sanction by France’s Competition Authority.
Dow plunges 2,250 points, 9.7%, as more of US economy shuts down, Fed makes emergency rate cut; oil prices fall sharply
NEW YORK (AP) — Dow plunges 2,250 points, 9.7%, as more of US economy shuts down, Fed makes emergency rate cut; oil prices fall sharply.
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Trump says US economy 'may be' heading toward recession amid pandemic, calls virus 'invisible enemy'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says US economy 'may be' heading toward recession amid pandemic, calls virus 'invisible enemy.'
Court approves PG&E's $23B bankruptcy financing package
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday won court approval to raise $23 billion to help pay its bills over destructive California wildfires after Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped his opposition to a finan…
Dow dives 13%, worst drop in three decades, as fears deepen that coronavirus will throw global economy into recession
NEW YORK (AP) — Dow dives 13%, worst drop in three decades, as fears deepen that coronavirus will throw global economy into recession.
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Asian shares bounce after Wall St dive, recession warning
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares reversed early losses in Asia on Tuesday after the U.S. stock market plunged to its worst day in more than three decades and huge swaths of many economies came to a standstill as businesses an…