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Maritime safety isn’t something most people thought much about before a massive cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., and killed six people one month… Read story
April 25, 2024, 7:23pm Business Updated 15 hours ago
Matt Gohlke, the co-owner and general manager of Music World in Hazel Dell, hardly thought about how he disposed of his instruments’ old strings until recently. Read story
April 26, 2024, 11:43am Business Updated 10 mins ago
The IRS said Friday that more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program and participants saved roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have otherwise spent with commercial tax preparation companies. Read story
April 26, 2024, 11:30am Business Updated 15 mins ago
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. Read story
April 26, 2024, 8:19am Business Updated 12 mins ago
The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday. Read story
April 26, 2024, 7:57am Business
A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Read story
April 26, 2024, 7:57am Business
TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new law threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. It would be the biggest blow yet to the popular video-sharing app, which has faced various restrictions around the world. Read story
April 26, 2024, 7:39am Business Updated 11 mins ago
Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Read story
April 26, 2024, 7:39am Business
Microsoft on Thursday said its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more productive. Read story
April 26, 2024, 7:35am Business
The Biden administration chose Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology for a $6.1 billion federal grant and $7.5 billion loan to build factories where memory chips would be manufactured, the latest award meant to drive domestic production of vital technology. Read story