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H-1B application documents.

H-1B visa: Spouses on H-4 visa can keep working, but fight goes on

H-1B application documents.

August 10, 2024, 5:19am Business

Thousands of Bay Area workers, mostly women from India and many working in tech, can breathe a sigh of relief after a court ruling upheld their right to employment. But the case affecting spouses of H-1B visa holders and Silicon Valley’s technology industry may still end up before the U.S.… Read story

Northwest Pipe Q2 earnings up

August 9, 2024, 4:00pm Business

Northwest Pipe Co. reported last week its sales increased to $129.5 million in its second quarter of this year, up from $116.4 million in the second quarter of 2023. Read story

FILE - People walk past the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 7, 2024 in New York.

Wall Street ends a wild and scary week nearly exactly where it began it. More tests loom next week

FILE - People walk past the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 7, 2024 in New York.

August 9, 2024, 1:55pm Business

After a manic week that began with Japanese stocks falling to their worst loss since 1987's Black Monday, only for U.S. stocks to soar later to their best day since 2022, slight gains on Friday carried Wall Street almost exactly back to where it began the week. Read story

HopsnDrops set to open in east Vancouver on Monday

August 9, 2024, 11:46am Business

HopsnDrops will open a new location Monday at 210 N.E. 192nd Ave. in east Vancouver’s new Lacamas Square development. Read story

Considering a mortgage refi? Lower rates are just one factor when refinancing a home loan

August 9, 2024, 7:48am Business

Mortgage rates haven’t been this attractive in more than a year, good news for homeowners eager to refinance. Read story

FILE - An iPhone displays the Facebook app, Aug. 11, 2019, in New Orleans. Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election, top intelligence officials told reporters on Monday, July 29, 2024. Groups linked to the Kremlin are increasingly using private public relations firms or unwitting social media users to spread their false claims as a way to hide their tracks.

Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US election, Microsoft says

FILE - An iPhone displays the Facebook app, Aug. 11, 2019, in New Orleans. Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election, top intelligence officials told reporters on Monday, July 29, 2024. Groups linked to the Kremlin are increasingly using private public relations firms or unwitting social media users to spread their false claims as a way to hide their tracks.

August 9, 2024, 7:46am Business

Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday. Read story

FILE - A reservoir of polluted water lies next to an oil field, seen from the air, in Paloch, South Sudan on Sept. 27, 2018.

As South Sudan’s oil revenues dwindle, even the security forces haven’t been paid in months

FILE - A reservoir of polluted water lies next to an oil field, seen from the air, in Paloch, South Sudan on Sept. 27, 2018.

August 9, 2024, 7:45am Business

The recent rupture of a crucial oil pipeline has sent fresh pain through the economy of South Sudan, where even the security forces haven’t been paid in nine months. Some soldiers and civil servants are turning to side hustles or abandoning their jobs. Read story

You had a lot of questions about next-generation nuclear reactors. We posed them to the experts

August 9, 2024, 7:44am Business

The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear reactors to supply carbon-free electricity. Read story