March 26, 2020, 7:21pm Business
DES MOINES, Iowa — As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventing ethanol producers from providing millions of gallons of alcohol that could be transformed into the germ-killing mixture. Read story
March 26, 2020, 7:18pm Business
The number of unemployment claims in Clark County last week spiked by 1,575 percent compared with the week before, signaling the first set of employment impacts from the COVID-19 outbreak. Read story
March 26, 2020, 5:34pm Business
New unemployment claims in Oregon shot up fivefold last week in the days after Gov. Kate Brown issued an order shutting bars and restaurants to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Read story
March 26, 2020, 2:15pm Business
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks marched higher for a third straight day Friday as a massive coronavirus relief bill moved closer to passing Congress and Wall Street took some historically bad unemployment figures in stride. Read story
March 26, 2020, 12:55pm Business
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has prompted a temporary addition to Washington’s retail cannabis industry: drive-up service. Several Vancouver-area cannabis stores have immediately jumped on board, advertising online ordering with curbside pickup options. Read story
March 26, 2020, 12:53pm Business
OLYMPIA — Washington saw an 843 percent week-over-week increase in claims for unemployment benefits last week as businesses started to temporarily close under state-mandated orders to slow the spread of coronavirus. Read story
March 26, 2020, 8:49am Business
WASHINGTON — Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — almost five times the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. Read story
March 26, 2020, 8:43am Business
DETROIT (AP) — Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota took steps Thursday to restart North American factories that have been closed to protect workers from the coronavirus. Read story
March 26, 2020, 8:43am Business
COOS COUNTY — The uncertainty everyone is facing from COVID-19 is causing some to change how they think about things psychologically. Read story
March 26, 2020, 8:41am Business
LONDON — The face-to-face tension among foes was gone. So was the in-person camaraderie among allies. Read story