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Updated 17 hours, 8 minutes ago

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…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Fiat Chrysler US sales chief who sued the company is leaving

DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler's head of U.S. sales is leaving the company after a bumpy career that saw him file a whistleblower lawsuit over a scheme to pay dealers to report fake sales numbers.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Dow surges 1,000 points, or 4%, on hopes for more stimulus measures to counteract virus effects and Biden primary wins

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow surges 1,000 points, or 4%, on hopes for more stimulus measures to counteract virus effects and Biden primary wins.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
U.S. businesses add 183K jobs in sign of pre-virus health

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses added 183,000 jobs last month, a solid gain that shows the economy was largely healthy when the coronavirus outbreak spread further around the globe.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
UnitedHealth, Campbell rise; Nordstrom, Dollar Tree fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday:

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Toyota adds 1.2M vehicles to US fuel pump recall

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is adding 1.2 million vehicles to a major recall in the U.S. to fix possible fuel pump failures that can cause engines to stall.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Canada cuts interest rates because of the virus outbreak

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's central bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points on Wednesday because of the new coronavirus outbreak.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes

KASTANIES, Greece (AP) — Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day to keep thousands of migrants out by …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
What's Happening: Virus closes schools, but Louvre reopens

More school closures and the suspension of business travel are among the steps being taken around the world to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Stocks surge on hopes for more measures to counter the virus outbreak and as Biden scores wins; Dow jumps 1,100 points

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks surge on hopes for more measures to counter the virus outbreak and as Biden scores wins; Dow jumps 1,100 points.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
China's Uighurs trapped in factory toiling for tech titans

NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
GM shows 13 electric vehicles as it tries to run with Tesla

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors, trying to refashion itself as a futuristic company with technology to compete against Tesla, rolled out plans Wednesday for 13 new electric vehicles during the next five years.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad reports $870M loss in 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Abu Dhabi's long-troubled national carrier Etihad on Thursday reported losses of $870 million in 2019 after losing billions in recent years, calling the result “encouraging.”

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Panel chosen to represent victims in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A lawyer for the Boy Scouts of America apologized to victims of sexual abuse by scout leaders Wednesday before the selection of an official committee to represent tort claimants in the Boy S…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
China's factories try to shield workers as output revives

BEIJING (AP) — To keep his 40 employees indoors and away from China’s virus outbreak, the manager of an electronics factory in Dongguan, near Hong Kong, says he hired a cook and arranged dormitories for them.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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