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Fuel prices slightly elevated this week
MOSES LAKE — After weeks of steady increases, fuel prices across Washington and the nation largely held steady thi…
Walmart latest retailer to require customers to wear masks
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to e…
Google to invest $4.5 billion in India's Jio digital company
NEW DELHI (AP) — Google plans to invest $4.5 billion in India’s Jio Platforms Ltd, the company announced Wednesday, taking a 7.7% stake in the digital services company owned by multi-billion dollar Reliance Industr…
Merged Fiat Chrysler-PSA company to be called Stellantis
DETROIT (AP) — When Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler merges with France's PSA Groupe early next year, the new company will be called Stellantis.
Delta expects to take $3 billion charge to cover job losses
Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that it expects to take a charge of $2.7 billion to $3.3 billion to cover the cost of early retirements and buyouts for employees as it shrinks in response to a sharp decline in air t…
Virus cases rise in U.S. states amid new world restrictions
MIAMI (AP) — Arizona, Texas and Florida together reported about 25,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as restrictions aimed at combating the spread of the pandemic took hold in the United States and around the …
Fed survey says economy has picked up but outlook cloudy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says economic activity has picked up in most regions of the country but still remains well below pre-pandemic levels with the country facing high levels of uncertainty.
Fed survey finds economic activity increased in almost all regions but still remains well below pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed survey finds economic activity increased in almost all regions but still remains well below pre-pandemic levels.
'We don't want them,' Mallorca says of wild-wayed tourists
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain’s Balearic Islands ordered the closure Wednesday of bars and nightclubs in beachfront areas popular with young and foreign visitors, pulling the plug on endless drunken nights to …
JC Penney cuts 1,000 jobs as it closes stores
JC Penney says it will cut 1,000 jobs as it tries to fight its way out from under bankruptcy protection.
JC Penney cuts 1,000 jobs as chain shrinks
JC Penney says it will cut 1,000 jobs as it tries to fight its way out from under bankruptcy protection.
US bars Pakistani flights after pilot-license scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States downgraded the safety rating of Pakistan's aviation system and will block Pakistan's airlines from launching service to the U.S.
More than 150 countries sign up for global vaccine plan
LONDON (AP) — More than 70 rich countries have signed up to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative intended to ensure that any effective shots are fairly distributed around the world - but which may also allow the…
Disney World's last two theme parks reopen to visitors
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Days after reopening two theme parks amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida, Walt Disney World on Wednesday welcomed back visitors to two more theme parks that had been shuttered since Ma…
Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to e…
US to hit Huawei employees with visa bans for rights abuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will impose travel bans on employees of the Chinese technology giant Huawei and other Chinese companies the U.S. determines are assisting authoritarian g…