October 19, 2021, 1:45pm Business
Health care and technology companies led a broad rally for stocks on Wall Street Tuesday as investors welcomed another batch of encouraging company earnings reports. Read story
October 19, 2021, 8:45am Business
Power shortages are turning out streetlights and shutting down factories in China. The poor in Brazil are choosing between paying for food or electricity. German corn and wheat farmers can't find fertilizer, made using natural gas. And fears are rising that Europe will have to ration electricity if it's a… Read story
October 19, 2021, 7:41am Business
WASHINGTON — Health regulators on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to allow Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription, a long-awaited move intended to make the devices more accessible to millions of people with hearing problems. Read story
October 19, 2021, 7:37am Business
Philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs is gearing up to invest $3.5 billion into climate-focused initiatives in the next 10 years. But if the donation patterns of her foundation continue, the public might never know where that money is going. Read story
October 19, 2021, 7:35am Business
SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a 67-year-old downtown store owner Friday who is suspected of trafficking stolen Lego sets and other items at a store in Pike Place Market. Read story
October 19, 2021, 7:34am Business
OMAHA, Neb. — Federal health officials are rethinking their approach to controlling salmonella in poultry plants in the hope of reducing the number of illnesses linked to the bacteria each year, and on Tuesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture will announce several steps it plans to take to achieve that… Read story
October 18, 2021, 2:28pm Business
REDMOND — Microsoft executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee but dropped the matter after he told them he would stop, the company revealed Monday. Read story
October 18, 2021, 1:34pm Business
Stocks wobbled to a mixed finish on Wall Street Monday as the market’s momentum slowed down following its best week since July. Read story