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Mortgage rates ease for second straight week, leaving average rate on a 30-year home loan at 6.95%

June 13, 2024, 12:55pm Business

Mortgage rates eased again this week, though the latest pullback leaves the average rate on a 30-year home loan at close to 7%, where it's been much of this year. Read story

Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes

June 13, 2024, 12:55pm Business

The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks. Read story

Chickens stand in their cages at a farm in Iowa in 2009.

WSU receives grant to study bird flu, other diseases in livestock

Chickens stand in their cages at a farm in Iowa in 2009.

June 13, 2024, 8:31am Business

Washington State University will get $1.5 million to study respiratory diseases in livestock, like bird flu, in the Pacific Northwest and their potential spread to humans. Read story

FILE - The 2024 Ford F-150 truck is assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant, Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. On Thursday, June 13, 2024, The labor department releases producer prices data for May.

US wholesale prices dropped in May, adding to evidence that inflation pressures are cooling

FILE - The 2024 Ford F-150 truck is assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant, Thursday, April 11, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. On Thursday, June 13, 2024, The labor department releases producer prices data for May.

June 13, 2024, 8:29am Business

Wholesale price increases fell in May, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the United States may be easing as the Federal Reserve considers a timetable for cutting interest rates. Read story

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. Eight former employees sued SpaceX and its CEO Musk, alleging that Musk ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment and a hostile &ldquo;Animal House&rdquo;-style work environment at the company. The employees, who filed suit in a California state court, detailed their complaints in a 2022 open letter to management they shared via a company intranet.

Fired SpaceX employees sue the company for wrongfully terminating critics of CEO Elon Musk

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. Eight former employees sued SpaceX and its CEO Musk, alleging that Musk ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment and a hostile &ldquo;Animal House&rdquo;-style work environment at the company. The employees, who filed suit in a California state court, detailed their complaints in a 2022 open letter to management they shared via a company intranet.

June 13, 2024, 8:26am Business

Eight former employees sued SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk, alleging that Musk ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment and a hostile “Animal House”-style work environment at the company. Read story

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., listens as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen responds to a question by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate confirms new energy regulators, extending Biden’s grip on panel that backs renewable energy

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., listens as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen responds to a question by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

June 13, 2024, 8:24am Business

President Joe Biden’s grip on a key federal energy commission will last beyond his first term, giving a boost to the Democrat’s push for renewable energy regardless of the election results in November. Read story

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks, on arrival at the G7, in Borgo Egnazia, Italy, Thursday, June 13, 2024, (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine as EU’s traditional powers recalibrate

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks, on arrival at the G7, in Borgo Egnazia, Italy, Thursday, June 13, 2024, (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

June 13, 2024, 8:24am Business

A Group of Seven summit is opening Thursday with agreement on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support even as Europe’s political chessboard shifts to the right. Read story

From left, European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canada&rsquo;s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan&rsquo;s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Britain&rsquo;s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a working session at the G7, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Borgo Egnazia, Italy.

G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine as EU’s traditional powers recalibrate

From left, European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canada&rsquo;s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan&rsquo;s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Britain&rsquo;s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a working session at the G7, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Borgo Egnazia, Italy.

June 13, 2024, 8:23am Business

A Group of Seven summit opened Thursday with agreement reached on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support even as Europe’s political chessboard shifts to the right. Read story