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Interest rates hold back home sales in the Basin, statewide
MOSES LAKE — High interest rates are slowing down sales in the Basin real estate market. The average monthly ra…
New York Fed: Black-owned business hard hit by pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black-owned businesses have been almost twice as likely to fail as businesses overall during the current pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
American, pilots agree on steps aimed at reducing job cuts
American Airlines has reached a deal with its pilots’ union designed to reduce the number of job losses in October as the airline shrinks because fewer people are flying during the pandemic.
NBCUniversal laying off workers amid pandemic pain
Comcast’s NBCUniversal is having company-wide layoffs, a spokeswoman confirmed.
The Latest: 2 Iowa schools rebuff governor's return demand
Des Moines, IOWA — At least two school districts in Iowa are refusing to follow the governor’s demand that they return students to classrooms, rebuffing the idea that the state can override what local officials bel…
Questions being raised after Kodak's stock has a big moment
Eastman Kodak's potentially lucrative deal to help the U.S. government make more generic drugs domestically is threatening to turn into a regulatory headache for the fallen photography giant.
The Latest: Dog tests positive for coronavirus in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s agriculture department said a dog in the state has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Latest: Louisiana governor continues state mask mandate
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards says he’ll continue Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate and the business restrictions he enacted to combat the coronavirus outbreak for at least three more weeks.
Fox News Channel viewers tune out for John Lewis' funeral
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel viewers are usually a loyal bunch, but thousands looked for the “off” switch during last week's telecast of civil rights icon John Lewis' funeral.
Beyond Meat's 2Q sales jump as more try plant-based burgers
More people are throwing plant-based burgers on the grill this summer.
Mosaic, Take-Two Interactive rise; Ralph Lauren falls
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday:
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
U.S. stock indexes drifted higher Tuesday as Wall Street’s big rally eased off the accelerator.
Progress 'long ways away' as urgency grows on virus relief
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated Senate Republicans re-upped their complaints on Tuesday that Democratic negotiators are staking too hard a line in talks on a sweeping coronavirus relief bill, but pressure is mounting …
Ex-UAW chief says GM bribery claims are 'utterly baseless'
DETROIT (AP) — Former United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger is denying claims by General Motors that he took bribes paid into foreign bank accounts by Fiat Chrysler in order to stick GM with higher labor c…
Clayton Homes co-founder dies in Tennessee helicopter crash
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A co-founder of Clayton Homes, a national home-building company, was killed when a helicopter crashed into the Tennessee River, relatives said Tuesday.
Ford COO Jim Farley to lead company, CEO Hackett to retire
DETROIT (AP) — Jim Farley will lead Ford Motor Co. into the future as the global auto industry faces a new era of autonomous and electric vehicles.