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It’s the last Free Comic Book Day at the place where it was created

May 2, 2024, 8:25am Business

Joe Field needed something to write about. Read story

FILE - In this photo taken with a fish-eye lens, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits on the assembly line during a brief media tour in Boeing’s 737 assembly facility in Renton, Wash., March 27, 2019. Boeing is in talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for Boeing 737 Max jetliners including the one that suffered a door-panel blowout in January, according to a published report, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

May 2, 2024, 7:44am Business Updated 2 days ago

Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning after a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection. Read story

PeaceHealth facilities recognized with ‘A’ hospital safety grade

May 2, 2024, 5:55am Business

Several PeaceHealth medical facilities have been recognized with “A” grades from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, including PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. Read story

Despite a loss in its first quarter, BBSI executives called the company’s start to the year strong.

Despite net loss in first quarter, executives at Vancouver-based BBSI feeling optimistic

May 1, 2024, 5:14pm Business

Despite a loss in its latest earnings statement, Barrett Business Services Inc. executives were optimistic after their first quarter. Read story

A banner for cruise operator Viking, marking its initial public offering, hangs on the front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York.

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as it waits to hear from the Federal Reserve on rates

May 1, 2024, 1:24pm Business

U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish on Wednesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said the cuts to interest rates that Wall Street craves so much are still likely, even if they're delayed because of stubbornly high inflation. Read story

Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools

FILE - Federal Reserve Board chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, March 20, 2024. The Federal Reserve wraps up its two-day policy meeting Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Most analysts expect that the central bank will leave its benchmark borrowing rate alone for the sixth straight meeting.

May 1, 2024, 1:20pm Business

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. Read story

Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation

FILE - People walk past the Art Institute of Philadelphia operated by the Education Management Corporation on Nov. 16, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud.

May 1, 2024, 9:24am Business

The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud. Read story