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MOSES LAKE — It takes a lot of training to make people look their best. “(A license to do) nails is 600 hours (…
Court asked to stop work at Formosa Plastics' Louisiana site
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Opponents of a Taiwan-based company’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex asked a federal judge on Tuesday to stop work at the site in Louisiana.
Virgin Atlantic raises $1.8 billion before planned restart
LONDON (AP) — Virgin Atlantic has raised 1.2 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) from private sources, including from founder Richard Branson, the company said Tuesday, as it tries to rebuild its battered finances follow…
UN court rules in Qatar's favor in aviation boycott case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Qatar won a legal battle Tuesday in its efforts to end a long-running aviation boycott by Arab neighbors when the United Nations’ highest court ruled in its favor in a procedural dispu…
Canada, US poised to extend border restrictions to Aug. 21
TORONTO (AP) — The U.S. and Canada are poised to extend their agreement to keep their shared border closed to non-essential travel to Aug. 21, but a final confirmation has not been given, a person familiar with the…
Hungarian municipalities allowed to limit short-term rentals
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament approved legislation on Tuesday giving the country’s municipalities the right to set limits on short-term housing rentals in their jurisdictions.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows' diets
Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows.
Zappos tries something new: sell 1 shoe instead of 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Zappos is trying out new ways to sell shoes: allow shoppers to buy a single shoe at a time or purchase a pair in two different sizes.
Belarus bars main challengers from presidential ballot
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Election authorities in Belarus on Tuesday barred two main rivals of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko from running in this summer's presidential election.
Retirees in Greece win court battle for bailout refund
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A high court in Greece ruled Tuesday in favor of retirees who brought a class action case to demand the reimbursement of money cut from their income during international bailouts.
Ponzi scheme convict wants prison release due to pandemic
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man sentenced to nearly 20 years only nine months ago for running a $100 million Ponzi scheme is hoping a federal judge will order his release from prison because of the coronavi…
Consumer prices jump 0.6% in June, led by gains in energy and food but expectation is virus will keep lid on inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices jump 0.6% in June, led by gains in energy and food but expectation is virus will keep lid on inflation.
Spiking cost of gasoline pushes June consumer prices up 0.6%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices increased 0.6% in June, after three months of declines, with a big jump in gasoline prices accounting for over half of the gain.
Borgata to reopen July 26, last of Atlantic City's 9 casinos
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Borgata casino will reopen on July 26, the last of Atlantic City's nine gambling resorts to resume operating amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Wells Fargo loses $2.4 billion in 2Q, first loss since 2008
Silver Spring, Md. (AP) — Wells Fargo lost $2.4 billion in the second quarter, the first quarterly loss for the bank since the real estate crash of 2008.
“Growth has stalled": Surge in US infections hits Delta
Delta Air Lines lost $5.7 billion during a brutal three-month stretch in which the coronavirus pandemic brought travel to a near standstill, and any hoped-for recovery has been smothered by a resurgence of infected…