September 21, 2024, 6:02am Business
The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses. Read story
September 21, 2024, 6:02am Business
Editor’s Note: Ann T. Anthony (1924-2018), wrote this story for The Associated Press in 1996 when she was 71. She was married in 1946 — the year Tupperware was introduced — and attended Tupperware parties for years. She remembers the parties as events where friends could get together and buy… Read story
September 20, 2024, 1:49pm Business
A record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note Friday, as U.S. stocks drifted around the highs they hit during a worldwide rally the day before. Read story
September 20, 2024, 11:28am Business
Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir. Read story
September 20, 2024, 11:01am Business Subscriber Exclusive
The owners of the Battle Ground winery and restaurant La Uva Fortuna Farms, formerly known as Rusty Grape Vineyards, announced Wednesday that they will close their business by year’s end. Read story
September 20, 2024, 10:39am Business
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group slumped to their lowest level ever at the opening bell Friday, the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform. Read story
September 20, 2024, 10:37am Business
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers with carbon-free energy. Read story
September 20, 2024, 10:35am Business
The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don't want. Read story
