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Mason’s Place opens in new location
MOSES LAKE — For Heather Mason, the opening of Mason’s Place’s new location is about more than fresh paint, expand…
Millennial Money: How to take charge of your credit in 2020
By now, you’ve encountered the world of credit, whether it was renting your first apartment or figuring out how to pay for a kitchen remodel.
'Simple greed': Ex-UAW leader Jones charged with corruption
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he plotted with others to embezzle more than $1 million to splurge on private villas, golf ou…
How major US stock indexes fared Friday
Wall Street capped a turbulent week with more losses for stocks and another steep drop in bond yields Friday as uncertainty over the spreading coronavirus roiled global markets.
Oil price dives as OPEC, Russia fail to agree on output cut
VIENNA (AP) — OPEC and key ally Russia failed to agree Friday on a cut to oil production that would have contained the plunge in the price of crude caused by the new
US trade deficit narrows 6.7% to $45.3 billion in January as imports and exports fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — US trade deficit narrows 6.7% to $45.3 billion in January as imports and exports fall.
Latest: China's virus outbreak steady, with 143 new cases
BANGKOK (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over the past fe…
Businessman, ex-congressman Amory Houghton Jr. dead at 93
CORNING, N.Y. (AP) — Amory Houghton Jr., who led his family's glass company in upstate New York and later spent nearly two decades in Congress as a Republican with a reputation for breaking with his party, died Wed…
US trade deficit narrows to $45.3 billion in January
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in January as exports fell but imports fell more. The politically sensitive trade gap with China widened.
How to prepare your home and family, if new virus spreads
As the new coronavirus keeps turning up in more places, health experts say it's wise to prepare for wider spread. But people shouldn't panic or hoard large amounts of supplies, they stress.
US job market looked robust before virus outbreak escalated
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring in the United States jumped in February as employers added 273,000 positions, evidence that the job market was in strong shape before the coronavirus began to sweep through the nation.
Indian depositors scramble for money from stressed bank
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s finance minister assured panicky depositors Friday that their money is safe after the central bank took control of cash-strapped private Yes Bank while working on a rescue plan.
Virus fear persists in financial markets as volatile day ends with S&P 500 down more than 1% and bond yields sinking
NEW YORK (AP) — Virus fear persists in financial markets as volatile day ends with S&P 500 down more than 1% and bond yields sinking.
What's Happening: Cruise ship tests, Prisons sanitized
As cases of the new coronavirus surpassed 100,000 worldwide, people on a cruise ship tested positive, Tokyo Olympics organizers are adjusting for the torch's arrival in Japan, migrants headed to Europe are facing a…
Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts
MILAN (AP) — The focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe, Italy, is also the region's weakest economy and is taking an almighty hit as foreigners stop visiting its cultural treasures or buying its prized…