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FILE - A shopper heads into a Target store on Jan. 11, 2024, in Lakewood, Colo.

Target’s focus on lower prices in the grocery aisle start to pay off as comparable store sales rise

FILE - A shopper heads into a Target store on Jan. 11, 2024, in Lakewood, Colo.

August 21, 2024, 8:33am Business

Target’s comparable sales rose for the first time in a year as grocery aisle deals for cash-strapped customers began to pay off. Read story

Robots line up in front of Amazon&rsquo;s AI robotics lab on Market Street in San Francisco on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.

Amazon’s AI spending plans keep stock from joining tech rebound

Robots line up in front of Amazon&rsquo;s AI robotics lab on Market Street in San Francisco on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.

August 21, 2024, 8:28am Business

More than any of the megacap technology stocks, Amazon.com Inc.’s big spending ways are coming at the expense of profits, and its shares are being punished as a result. Read story

FTC ban on worker non-compete deals blocked by federal judge

August 21, 2024, 8:26am Business

A federal judge ruled the U.S. Federal Trade Commission can’t enforce its near-total ban on noncompete agreements that was set to go into effect next month, blocking an effort by the agency to make labor markets more competitive. Read story

Montana asbestos clinic seeks to reverse $6M in fines, penalties over false claims

August 21, 2024, 8:20am Business

A health clinic in a Montana town that was polluted with deadly asbestos will ask a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse almost $6 million in fines and penalties after a jury determined it submitted hundreds of false claims on behalf of patients. Read story

Five brushfires in one day are all suspected to be arson

August 21, 2024, 8:18am Business

Five brushfires that began Monday in West Spokane are all suspected to be arson. Read story

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is seen on a video monitor after the roll call during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago.

Your audience is filled with Republicans. The Democratic convention is underway. How to cover it?

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is seen on a video monitor after the roll call during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago.

August 21, 2024, 8:17am Business

The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge: how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its election chances when much of the network’s audience has a different political viewpoint. Read story

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Fiserv Forum during a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.

Harris proposes $25,000 in downpayment assistance to first-time homebuyers, crackdowns on corporate landlords

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Fiserv Forum during a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.

August 21, 2024, 8:13am Business

With California’s housing affordability crisis spreading across the U.S., Vice President Kamala Harris last week unveiled her economic agenda, aimed at lowering housing costs for both homeowners and renters around the country. Read story

Eastern WA site may become largest trucking services complex for hundreds of miles

August 21, 2024, 7:45am Business

As local industry booms, fleets of trucks are traveling to and from Pasco and other Tri-Cities plants and warehouses daily. Read story