July 19, 2021, 8:14am Business
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The arrests one year ago Wednesday of then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four associates in connection with an alleged $60 million bribery scheme have rocked business and politics across the state, and events over the last year suggest a federal probe’s tentacles only continue to grow. Read story
July 19, 2021, 8:13am Business
TOKYO — Toyota won’t be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC’s top corporate sponsors. Read story
July 19, 2021, 8:12am Business
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and accused Beijing of working with criminal hackers in ransomware attacks and other cyber operations. Read story
July 19, 2021, 7:54am Business
TACOMA — A statewide crime report for 2020 showed the effect that last year’s swarm of fraudulent unemployment claims had on Washington’s overall crime statistics. Read story
July 19, 2021, 7:45am Business
OLYMPIA — Fred Meyer warehouse workers, represented by Teamsters Local 117, voted 335-0 to authorize a strike on Saturday that could take effect at stores across the Northwest as early as Monday, the union announced. Read story
July 19, 2021, 6:02am Business
COLUMBUS, Ohio — County Line Meats lost a large portion of its customer base when Ohio temporarily shuttered most restaurants in mid-March last year. Then it faced lingering uncertainty as the hospitality industry navigated pandemic-related restrictions and patrons stayed home. Read story
July 19, 2021, 6:02am Business
To understand why it’s so hard to make a car that drives itself, pay attention to how people cross the street next time you travel. In Los Angeles, pedestrians wait for the walk sign. In San Francisco, some do, and some don’t. In Pittsburgh or Chicago, don’t expect a car… Read story
July 19, 2021, 6:02am Business
Oil companies, airlines, hotels. Banks, miners, auto part manufacturers. Business has been made a big and broad-based bounce back-back from the COVID-19 induced depression a year ago. Read story
July 19, 2021, 6:02am Business
During the pandemic, Shannon Beddo’s students got used to her disappearing during the middle of an online lesson. Beddo, who teaches at two co-op schools, often lost her internet connection, leaving the students without a teacher. Read story
July 19, 2021, 6:00am Business
In normal housing markets, Americans want move-in ready homes. But the post-pandemic housing market is far from normal, and soaring prices have home shoppers changing their expectations. Read story