January 15, 2025, 9:28am Business Updated 2 hours ago
U.S. inflation accelerated last month as prices for gas, eggs, and used cars rose, yet underlying price pressures also showed signs of easing, bolstering hopes that the Federal Reserve could… Read story
January 15, 2025, 9:21am Business
U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Read story
January 15, 2025, 1:38pm Business
U.S. stocks ripped higher Wednesday following a shot of adrenaline from an encouraging update on U.S. inflation. Strong profit reports from Wells Fargo and other big U.S. banks also helped launch indexes to their best day in two months. Read story
January 15, 2025, 11:59am Business
Two Vancouver business owners are facing a combined $116,000 in fines for ignoring rules to protect people and the environment from asbestos at a home-flipping site. Read story
January 15, 2025, 10:49am Business
The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale, officials said Wednesday. Read story
January 15, 2025, 10:47am Business
The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday that it's expanding the web of sanctions on companies and institutions supporting Russia's war efforts in Ukraine, re-designating about 100 entities for sanctions and placing sanctions on 15 new entities. Read story
January 15, 2025, 9:58am Business
A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revive U.S. manufacturing of semiconductors and reduce the country’s reliance on foreign-made computer chips, will “sharply increase production’’ of semiconductors in the United States. But it will do so at a high cost and might not deliver… Read story
January 15, 2025, 9:57am Business
A Texas anti-pornography law is going before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a collision of free speech rights, regulation of online content and the protection of children. Read story
January 15, 2025, 6:09am Business
Customers flocking to Ridgefield’s new Costco have backed up traffic on Pioneer Street. But the effect on neighboring businesses hasn’t been all bad, although they are wary of what a three-month-long road closure could mean. Read story
January 14, 2025, 5:31pm Business Updated 20 hours ago
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued billionaire Elon Musk, saying he failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner in early 2022, before buying the social media site. Read story
