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The New York Stock Exchange is shown on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in New York.

Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to one of its best days of the year after inflation report

The New York Stock Exchange is shown on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in New York.

August 13, 2024, 1:55pm Business

U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday to one of their best days of the year after the first of several highly anticipated reports on the economy this week came in better than expected. Read story

Traffic sometimes flows on Interstate 5 in Portland but is often bunched up around the Rose Quarter.

Oregon anti-highway activists file federal lawsuit to block Portland Rose Quarter project

Traffic sometimes flows on Interstate 5 in Portland but is often bunched up around the Rose Quarter.

August 13, 2024, 1:14pm Business

A coalition of Portland anti-freeway activists are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation to block construction on a crowded stretch of Interstate 5 in Portland. Read story

Claudia Iniguez-Diarte filed suit against a former employer alleging she was fired for being pregnant.

Vancouver woman alleges restaurant fired her because she was pregnant

Claudia Iniguez-Diarte filed suit against a former employer alleging she was fired for being pregnant.

August 13, 2024, 1:10pm Business

A Vancouver woman has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Mexican restaurant chain, which she alleges fired her because she was pregnant. Read story

Contractors install solar panels on a house in Oregon. Under proposed rules for the state’s redo of the Climate Protection Program, fossil fuel companies could offset 15% to 20% of their greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that help reduce emissions, such as expanding at home solar operations in low-income neighborhoods and the purchase of electric vehicles and charging stations for nonprofits.

Environmental regulators say NW Natural misleading customers about Oregon climate credit program

Contractors install solar panels on a house in Oregon. Under proposed rules for the state’s redo of the Climate Protection Program, fossil fuel companies could offset 15% to 20% of their greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that help reduce emissions, such as expanding at home solar operations in low-income neighborhoods and the purchase of electric vehicles and charging stations for nonprofits.

August 13, 2024, 11:56am Business

Oregon environmental regulators are concerned that the state’s largest natural gas utility is misinforming customers about a key climate change policy aimed to reduce greenhouse gases. Read story

FILE - A waiter delivers food to patrons at a restaurant, Jan. 21, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla.

Why Trump’s and Harris’ proposals to end federal taxes on tips would be difficult to enact

FILE - A waiter delivers food to patrons at a restaurant, Jan. 21, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla.

August 13, 2024, 8:34am Business

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris agree on one thing, at least: Both say they want to eliminate federal taxes on workers’ tips. Read story

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2021 file photo shows a Ford company logo on a sign at a Ford dealership in southeast Denver.

Ford, Mazda warn owners to stop driving older vehicles with dangerous Takata air bag inflators

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2021 file photo shows a Ford company logo on a sign at a Ford dealership in southeast Denver.

August 13, 2024, 8:33am Business

Ford and Mazda are warning the owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them because they have dangerous Takata air bag inflators that have not been replaced. Read story

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. The British government on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, has called on Musk to act responsibly after one of the world&rsquo;s richest men used his social media platform to unleash a barrage of posts that risked inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country.

How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. The British government on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, has called on Musk to act responsibly after one of the world&rsquo;s richest men used his social media platform to unleash a barrage of posts that risked inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country.

August 13, 2024, 8:32am Business

As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures he’s aligned with. There are few modern parallels to his antics, but then again there are few modern parallels to… Read story

US wholesale inflation cooled in July in sign that price pressures are continuing to ease

August 13, 2024, 8:32am Business

Wholesale price increases in the United States eased in July, suggesting that inflation pressures are further cooling as the Federal Reserve moves closer to cutting interest rates, likely beginning next month. Read story