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FILE - A sign at a McDonald’s restaurant is displayed on April 29, 2024, in Albany, Ore.

McDonald’s improving global sales help to offset US weakness in fourth quarter

FILE - A sign at a McDonald’s restaurant is displayed on April 29, 2024, in Albany, Ore.

February 10, 2025, 8:14am Business

Improving international sales helped McDonald’s overcome some weakness at home in the fourth quarter. Read story

FILE - United States Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., Feb 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Trump says US Steel will get investment from Nippon Steel, instead of being bought by it

FILE - United States Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., Feb 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J.

February 10, 2025, 8:10am Business

President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that Nippon Steel would no longer buy U.S. Steel as planned, but the Japanese company would instead invest in the symbolically important American business. Read story

FILE - A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s headquarters in Washington, Aug. 27, 2018.

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building

FILE - A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s headquarters in Washington, Aug. 27, 2018.

February 10, 2025, 8:09am Business

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. Read story

A Starbucks Coffee sign on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Houston.

Starbucks is offering free brewed coffee — hot or iced. Here’s when and what to know

A Starbucks Coffee sign on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Houston.

February 10, 2025, 7:35am Business

Starbucks is offering customers a pick me up the day after the big game. Read story

FILE - OpenAI's ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023. The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology and professional services, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way, according to a new paper from U.S. Census Bureau researchers.

Washington lawmakers weigh new artificial intelligence regulations

FILE - OpenAI's ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023. The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology and professional services, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way, according to a new paper from U.S. Census Bureau researchers.

February 10, 2025, 7:35am Business

Jai Jaisimha, a longtime technology entrepreneur, whipped out a pack of gum from the inside pocket of his suit jacket. Read story

State Ecology moving ahead with $27 million cleanup at contaminated Bellingham shipyard

February 10, 2025, 6:37am Business

A $27 million cleanup will start later this year on contamination that dates back 100 years or more from ship-building and other marine industries at the south end of Harris Avenue in Fairhaven. Read story

FILE - Pumpjacks operate in the foreground while wind turbines at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rise in the distance, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan.

Forget saving the planet. Clean energy interests sharpen a different message: Money and jobs

FILE - Pumpjacks operate in the foreground while wind turbines at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rise in the distance, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan.

February 10, 2025, 6:02am Business

Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now tailoring their messages to emphasize the greener side of green: wealth-building. It’s an idea that sells far better in the new world of nationalism and tycoon leaders. Read story

Louise Hamlin stands for a photo in front of her home ravaged by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C.

LA wildfires highlight nation’s insurance crisis as homeowners try to recover lost homes

Louise Hamlin stands for a photo in front of her home ravaged by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C.

February 10, 2025, 6:00am Business

The nation’s growing home insurance crisis is in the spotlight as Californians begin the long road to rebuilding after the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires. Read story