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Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition

May 11, 2025, 3:06pm Business

Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to enact tariffs on international films. Read story

Sam Nguyen shows a gold bar at her shop in the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in the Jewelry District of Los Angeles on April 30. (Jae C.

Economic jitters and soaring gold prices create frenzy for jewelers

Sam Nguyen shows a gold bar at her shop in the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in the Jewelry District of Los Angeles on April 30. (Jae C.

May 11, 2025, 2:42pm Business

At the biggest jewelry center in the United States, Alberto Hernandez fired up his machine on a recent day and waited until it glowed bright orange inside before shoveling in an assortment of rings, earrings and necklaces weighing about as much as a bar of soap: just under 100 grams,… Read story

U.S. touts progress on China trade talks

May 11, 2025, 2:06pm Business

The lead U.S. negotiator in trade talks with China cheered “a great deal of productivity” in resolving differences between the world’s two leading economic powers, after officials wrapped two days of bargaining in Switzerland following President Donald Trump imposing steep tariffs and Beijing retaliating. Read story

A luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet similar to this one has been offered to President Donald Trump by Qatar’s ruling family.

Trump set to accept jet from Qatar’s ruling family

A luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet similar to this one has been offered to President Donald Trump by Qatar’s ruling family.

May 11, 2025, 1:17pm Business

President Donald Trump reportedly is set to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar during his trip to the Middle East this week, and U.S. officials say it could be converted into a presidential aircraft. Read story

Starbucks workers and supporters protest in front of Capitol Hill’s Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle on Dec. 20, 2024. The Starbucks Workers United union planned a five-day strike starting Friday.

Upstart unions at Seattle’s Amazon, Starbucks, REI enter the Trump era

Starbucks workers and supporters protest in front of Capitol Hill’s Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle on Dec. 20, 2024. The Starbucks Workers United union planned a five-day strike starting Friday.

May 11, 2025, 6:02am Business

As the organized labor movement marked May Day this week, fledgling unions at Seattle-area giants worried that long-stalled negotiations may be dead in the water as the National Labor Relations Board shifts under the second Trump administration. Read story

In this Feb. 23, 2018, file photo, a ship carrying four of the West Coast’s largest container cranes passes through Puget Sound in view of Seattle and headed to Tacoma, Wash. From airplanes made by Boeing to apples, cherries and wheat grown by farmers, no other state is more dependent on international trade than Washington. As the tariff disputes escalate, small factories are closing and manufacturing behemoths like Boeing are increasingly worried about access to crucial Asian markets that have helped propel the state’s booming economy. (AP Photo/Ted S.

What’s WA’s top problem? Survey shows a new issue has emerged

In this Feb. 23, 2018, file photo, a ship carrying four of the West Coast’s largest container cranes passes through Puget Sound in view of Seattle and headed to Tacoma, Wash. From airplanes made by Boeing to apples, cherries and wheat grown by farmers, no other state is more dependent on international trade than Washington. As the tariff disputes escalate, small factories are closing and manufacturing behemoths like Boeing are increasingly worried about access to crucial Asian markets that have helped propel the state’s booming economy. (AP Photo/Ted S.

May 11, 2025, 6:02am Business

A new concern has appeared on a list of the top problems facing the state, a survey of Washington adults shows. Read story

Daniel McRae unloads a bag of harvested geoduck clams from his brother, Derrick McRae, on their boat near Illahee State Park in Bremerton, Wash., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

How a Chinese delicacy native to Washington got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war

Daniel McRae unloads a bag of harvested geoduck clams from his brother, Derrick McRae, on their boat near Illahee State Park in Bremerton, Wash., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

May 11, 2025, 6:01am Business

For more than two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea looking for an unusually phallic clam that’s coveted thousands of miles away. Read story

An aerial view of rail yard of trucks, trailers, containers, and trains moving goods in Commerce, California, on May 1, 2025. (Allen J.

A ‘big scam’? The end of a shipping loophole on China goods and what it means for consumers

An aerial view of rail yard of trucks, trailers, containers, and trains moving goods in Commerce, California, on May 1, 2025. (Allen J.

May 11, 2025, 6:00am Business

A decades-old shipping loophole that made imported goods cheaper for customers and boosted foreign e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Temu sunsetted Friday. Read story