May 4, 2024, 6:05am Business Updated 1 day ago
Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released Tuesday that shows a rise in losses through increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics to trick the vulnerable into giving up their life savings. Read story
May 4, 2024, 6:00am Business
Unionized workers in the U.S. saw record raises, while nonunion workers’ pay barely beat inflation over the past 12 months, the latest government data show. Read story
May 4, 2024, 5:47am Business Briefs
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May 4, 2024, 5:03am Business
On a recent cloudless spring day on the outskirts of Gilroy, California, Christian Martorella accelerated an 18-wheeler past budding orchards. But instead of the roar of a diesel engine, the cab filled with the gentle hum of an electric motor. Read story
May 3, 2024, 7:03pm Business
Passengers on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane that lost a panel midflight are accusing the airplane manufacturer of fraud, according to new filings in a civil lawsuit stemming from the Jan. 5 incident over Portland. Read story
May 3, 2024, 5:24pm Business Updated 2 days ago
Vancouver-based fast-food chain Burgerville announced Friday it had struck a deal with a group of local investors to help open several new restaurant locations across the Pacific Northwest. Read story
May 3, 2024, 2:58pm Business
Boeing is threatening to lock out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area Friday night unless the workers accept the company’s last offer on wages. Read story
May 3, 2024, 1:15pm Business
Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading Friday with the best day for the stock market in over two months, as traders welcomed cooler-than-expected U.S. employment data as a sign that inflationary pressures on the economy are easing. Read story
