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Updated 2 days, 20 hours ago

‘Most big repairs start out as small repairs’

MOSES LAKE — When Uziel Ortega launched Steadfast Home Services earlier this year, he wasn't sure whether the phon…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
China’s Huawei debuts latest version of folding phone

LONDON (AP) — China’s Huawei unveiled its latest folding smartphone Monday and its first such device to be available internationally, competing in a niche category with new models from Samsung and Motorola.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Skeptic of world being round dies in California rocket crash

BARSTOW, Calif. (AP) — A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to ear…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Spain closes airports on Canary Islands due to sand storm

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities said Sunday that they have closed airports on the Canary Islands because of a wind storm that is blinding the archipelago with sand and dust.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Buffett says economy is slowing amid virus fears

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett says the viral outbreak in China has slowed economic growth, but he remains confident in the long-term future of American business.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Carter's, Exxon Mobil fall; Newmont, Gilead rise

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

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Cuba opens its annual trade fair for the key cigar sector

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s annual cigar trade fair started Monday, bringing thousands of buyers and aficionados of the island’s iconic stogies to sample the latest wares and place orders for sale oversees.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Port, Boeing in talks to extend 737 Max leases

MOSES LAKE — Boeing and the Port of Moses Lake are in talks to extend the company’s leases on port space used to store 737 Max aircraft until the end of 2021.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
TurboTax maker Intuit buying Credit Karma in $7.1B deal

Intuit is buying consumer finance company Credit Karma in a $7.1 billion cash and stock deal that will take it deeper into the financial products realm.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Fed's Mester says rate cut unnecessary to offset virus risks

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve official said Monday that she does not see a need to cut interest rates yet, even as worries about the viral outbreak that began in China caused global stock markets to plunge an…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Disinfecting wipes, conference calls: Wall Street winners

NEW YORK (AP) — Stay indoors and stay clean. That's what Wall Street is betting people around the world will do given all the fears about a rapidly spreading virus.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Cuba opens its annual trade fair for the key cigar sector

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s annual cigar trade fair started Monday, bringing thousands of buyers and aficionados of the island’s iconic stogies to sample the latest wares and place orders for sale oversees.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
How major US stock indexes fared Monday

The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points Monday as the spread of the new coronavirus threatened wider damage to the global economy.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Intuit buying Credit Karma in $7.1B deal

Intuit is buying consumer finance company Credit Karma in a $7.1 billion cash and stock deal that will take it deeper into the financial products realm.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Dow Jones industrials drop more than 1,000 points as the spreading virus outbreak threatens the global economy

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow Jones industrials drop more than 1,000 points as the spreading virus outbreak threatens the global economy.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Carter's, Exxon Mobil fall; Newmont, Gilead rise

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