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Spotify retreats from artists’ uploads in win for music labels

July 1, 2019, 5:52pm Business

Spotify SA is shutting down a program that allowed independent artists to upload their music directly to the music streaming service, a win for record labels and smaller distributors. Read story

Oregon minimum pay goes up by 50 cents as part of annual hike

July 1, 2019, 5:52pm Business

PORTLAND -- Minimum wage workers in Oregon have received a 50-cent raise as part of a phased-in series of annual increases. Read story

Columbia Credit Union makes U.S. ‘healthiest’ list for 2019

July 1, 2019, 5:52pm Business

Columbia Credit Union is included in the 2019 list of Top 200 Healthiest Credit Unions in the United States for the sixth consecutive year. Read story

JetBlue leaving Houston’s Hobby for Bush airport

July 1, 2019, 6:03am Business

HOUSTON -- JetBlue Airways will discontinue service at Houston's Hobby Airport this fall and begin offering flights at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Read story

Farmers will plant fewer soybean acres after storms

July 1, 2019, 6:02am Business

WASHINGTON -- The spring deluge in the Midwest and Great Plains spurred a cut in the U.S. forecast for soybean acreage, a bigger reduction than analysts expected. Read story

North Carolina to be home of Lowe’s global tech hub

July 1, 2019, 6:01am Business

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Lowe's has selected Charlotte, N.C., to house a 2,000-employee global tech hub. The city hopes the project will cement its reputation as a home for technological talent. Read story

Clark County Business Briefing

July 1, 2019, 5:54am Business

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Martin Shkreli seeks new trial, says judge wrong

June 29, 2019, 6:00am Business Briefs

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Martin Shkreli says the judge and jury in his fraud case got it wrong. With Shkreli locked up in a Pennsylvania federal prison, his lawyers tried to persuade an appeals court on Friday to overturn his conviction and give him a new trial. Read story

French champ PSG renews contract with Nike until 2032

June 29, 2019, 6:00am Business Briefs

PARIS -- French champion Paris Saint-Germain has signed a contract extension with supplier Nike until 2032. Read story

Ammonia plant, parent company settle in EPA suit

June 29, 2019, 6:00am Business Briefs

LONGVIEW — A national chemical manufacturing company and its St. Helens, Ore., facility are paying nearly $1.4 million to remedy environmental violations as part of a federal court settlement this week. Dyno Nobel agreed to pay $492,000 in civil penalties and nearly $940,000 for emergency equipment after the U.S. Environmental… Read story