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Northwest Natural: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

August 2, 2024, 8:17am Business

Northwest Natural Holding Company (NWN) on Friday reported a loss of $2.8 million in its second quarter. Read story

FILE - This photo provided by Doug Zink shows smoke filling the sky after a train derailment, July 5, 2024, near Carrington, N.D. The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get off the tracks for decades, according to a preliminary report released Thursday, Aug. 1.

Fiery North Dakota derailment was latest crash to involve weak tank cars the NTSB wants replaced

FILE - This photo provided by Doug Zink shows smoke filling the sky after a train derailment, July 5, 2024, near Carrington, N.D. The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get off the tracks for decades, according to a preliminary report released Thursday, Aug. 1.

August 2, 2024, 8:06am Business

The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get off the tracks for decades. Read story

2 men sentenced for sexual assaults on passengers during separate flights to Seattle

August 2, 2024, 7:49am Business

Two men accused of sexually assaulting passengers on airplanes in separate incidents during flights to Seattle were sentenced on Thursday. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden listens to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, left, as Intel factory manager Hugh Green watches during a tour of the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Ariz., on March 20, 2024. Intel reports earnings on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

Intel to lay off more than 15% of its workforce as it cuts costs to try to turn its business around

FILE - President Joe Biden listens to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, left, as Intel factory manager Hugh Green watches during a tour of the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Ariz., on March 20, 2024. Intel reports earnings on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

August 1, 2024, 3:08pm Business

Chipmaker Intel Corp. is cutting 15 percent of its massive workforce — about 15,000 jobs — as it tries to turn its business around to compete with more successful rivals like Nvidia and AMD. Read story

FILE - Amazon employees load packages on carts before being put on to trucks for distribution for Amazon&#039;s annual Prime Day event at an Amazon&#039;s DAX7 delivery station on July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif. Amazon reports earnings on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

Amazon reports boost in quarterly profits but misses revenue estimates

FILE - Amazon employees load packages on carts before being put on to trucks for distribution for Amazon&#039;s annual Prime Day event at an Amazon&#039;s DAX7 delivery station on July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif. Amazon reports earnings on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

August 1, 2024, 1:58pm Business

Amazon reported a boost in its quarterly profits Thursday, but the company missed revenue estimates, sending stocks lower in after-hours trading. Read story

A pair of traders work at the post of specialist James Denaro, right, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Stock market today: Worries about the economy hit Wall Street, and the Dow drops nearly 500 points

A pair of traders work at the post of specialist James Denaro, right, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

August 1, 2024, 1:05pm Business

U.S. stocks tumbled after weak data raised worries the Federal Reserve may have missed its window to cut interest rates before undercutting the economy’s growth. The S&P 500 sank 1.4% Thursday after a report showed U.S. manufacturing activity is still shrinking. Read story

FILE - Travelers pass through Salt Lake City International Airport on May 24, 2024, in Salt Lake City. On Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is expected to announce a new rule that would require airlines to do everything possible to ensure parents can sit with young children on flights.

Proposed US rule would ban airlines from charging parents additional fees to sit with their children

FILE - Travelers pass through Salt Lake City International Airport on May 24, 2024, in Salt Lake City. On Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is expected to announce a new rule that would require airlines to do everything possible to ensure parents can sit with young children on flights.

August 1, 2024, 7:51am Business

The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents more to sit with their young children. Read story

FILE - SAG-AFTRA signage is seen on the side of the headquarters in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.Hollywood&rsquo;s video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, July 25, 2024, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections.

Hollywood’s video game performers head to the picket line over AI protections

FILE - SAG-AFTRA signage is seen on the side of the headquarters in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.Hollywood&rsquo;s video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, July 25, 2024, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections.

August 1, 2024, 7:40am Business

Hollywood’s video game performers are heading to the Warner Bros. Studios lot Thursday to picket against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence. Read story