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‘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…
US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector.
Dutch government criticized for late start to vaccinations
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government came under heavy criticism from lawmakers Tuesday over a COVID-19 vaccination plan that has the first shots set to be administered on Wednesday, making the Netherl…
Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines
LONDON (AP) — Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening liveliho…
EU says it will redouble efforts to save Iran nuclear deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Tuesday it would redouble its efforts to save the Iran nuclear agreement despite what it calls Tehran’s “important breach” of commitments made in the 2015 deal by starting to…
Masks, tests, batches: Locked-down Greece swears in Cabinet
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s new Cabinet is being sworn in Tuesday at three separate ceremonies to comply with national lockdown restrictions.
Millennial Money: How to nail a no-spend month
Holiday spending always gets the best of me. The gifts, the food, the Christmas tree and decorations — sandwiched between two monthly rent payments — siphon money from my bank account. Every year I feel the sticker…
China state news agency urges end to long work hours in tech
BEIJING (AP) — China’s official Xinhua News Agency is calling for shorter work hours in the country’s tech sector following the sudden death last week of a young employee at a leading e-commerce platform.
Germany set to extend hard lockdown as daily deaths mount
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's disease control center on Tuesday reported 944 more COVID-19 deaths, fueling expectations that Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country's 16 state governors will extend the country's lockdow…
Making the world work from Moses Lake: MLI logs a record year
You may not know what Moses Lake Industries makes, but the odds are you use something made possible by the chemical company’s products — a cellphone, a laptop …
A health care venture conceived by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan to attack soaring costs is dissolving
NEW YORK (AP) — A health care venture conceived by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan to attack soaring costs is dissolving.
Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, easing the Gulf crisis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will open its airspace and land border to Qatar in the first step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided U.S. defense partners, frayed socie…
Business and economic events scheduled for Tuesday
Business and economic events scheduled for Tuesday.
New York Stock Exchange says it no longer plans to delist shares of three Chinese phone companies targeted by U.S.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Stock Exchange says it no longer plans to delist shares of three Chinese phone companies targeted by U.S.
The Latest: Moderna says Israel approved its virus vaccine
JERUSALEM — American biotech company Moderna says Israel has approved its COVID-19 vaccine, but the announcement comes as the country faces a rapidly growing outbreak of the disease.
Genworth, Ford fall; Tesla, Magellan Health rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Monday: