March 31, 2020, 5:38pm Business
It’s no surprise that employment in Clark County held steady in February. The data, released Tuesday, likely will be the starting point for measuring substantial employment drops in the coming months. Read story
March 31, 2020, 2:20pm Business
Printer manufacturer Xerox announced Tuesday that it will abandon its efforts to acquire larger rival PC and printer company HP, citing the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Read story
March 31, 2020, 12:42pm Business
NEW YORK — Stocks fell Tuesday to close out Wall Street’s worst quarter since the most harrowing days of the 2008 financial crisis. Read story
March 31, 2020, 12:39pm Business
BILLINGS, Mont. — A Canadian company said Tuesday it plans to start construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through the U.S. Midwest in April, after lining up customers and money for the project that is bitterly opposed by environmentalists and some American Indian tribes. Read story
March 31, 2020, 9:09am Business
Walmart said Tuesday it will begin temperature checks for all employees before they start their shifts. Read story
March 31, 2020, 9:01am Business
Marriott says guests’ names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data breach to hit the company in less than two years. Read story
March 31, 2020, 9:00am Business
LONGVIEW — A union push to protect workers from COVID-19 has apparently prompted Longview WestRock mill managers to update the site’s procedure for handling potential exposures to the disease. Read story
March 31, 2020, 6:03am Business
In normal times, Vancouver wholesaler SteBo’s Food Service exclusively sells bulk food for delivery to restaurants and stores. But like so many other businesses in the coronavirus era, the company has had to adapt to changing circumstances. Read story
March 31, 2020, 6:01am Business
Fifty years ago, an exasperated high school basketball fan marched into The Missoulian newsroom and directly to my desk. He plopped down three years of sports stories carrying headlines unintentionally branding his small town’s winless team as bunches of losers. Read story
March 30, 2020, 10:06am Business
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Monday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus. Read story