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Amazon packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse facility, Dec. 17, 2019, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Amazon is ending its ‘Try Before You Buy’ option for Prime members

Amazon packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse facility, Dec. 17, 2019, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D.

January 13, 2025, 5:12pm Business

Amazon is saying goodbye to “Try Before You Buy.” Read story

Lt. Col. Lincoln Ward, left, presents an American flag to Paula Knight, in black and white coat, wife of Bob Knight, while joined by her family during a celebration of life at AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront on Monday morning. Knight was a veteran and former Clark College president.

Former Clark College president, Vancouver Barracks commander Bob Knight remembered in memorial service

Lt. Col. Lincoln Ward, left, presents an American flag to Paula Knight, in black and white coat, wife of Bob Knight, while joined by her family during a celebration of life at AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront on Monday morning. Knight was a veteran and former Clark College president.

January 13, 2025, 3:09pm Business

Family, friends and community members gathered Monday morning to remember Robert “Bob” Kennedy Knight, former president of Clark College and commander of the U.S. Army’s Vancouver Barracks. Read story

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Nov. 13, 2024.

Biden’s administration proposes new rules on exporting AI chips, provoking an industry pushback

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Nov. 13, 2024.

January 13, 2025, 3:00pm Business

The Biden administration is proposing a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance national security concerns about the technology with the economic interests of producers and other countries. Read story

A For Sale real estate sign is seen in front of a new house. Clark County had fewer home listings in 2024 than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024.

Clark County home listings in 2023 and 2024 were the lowest in a decade

A For Sale real estate sign is seen in front of a new house. Clark County had fewer home listings in 2024 than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024.

January 13, 2025, 2:54pm Business

Clark County had fewer home listings last year than in any other year since 2012, leading to higher median home prices in 2024. Read story

Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans

January 13, 2025, 2:23pm Business

Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death. Read story

Alzheimer’s drugs eyed as next big obesity-like opportunity

January 13, 2025, 2:13pm Business

Investors seeking the next obesity-like market opportunity will be closely watching developments related to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease in 2025. Read story

Stock market today: Gains for oil producers and drops for Big Tech leave Wall Street mixed

January 13, 2025, 1:45pm Business

U.S. stock indexes were split on Monday as gains for oil-and-gas producers helped offset drops for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies. Read story

Vehicles and trucks for export wait for transportation from a port in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province on Jan. 2, 2025.

China’s exports in December up 10.7%, beating estimates as higher U.S. tariffs loom

Vehicles and trucks for export wait for transportation from a port in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province on Jan. 2, 2025.

January 13, 2025, 12:39pm Business

China’s exports in December grew at a faster pace than expected, as factories rushed to fill orders to beat higher tariffs that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose once he takes office. Read story