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Stocks have best day in three weeks with record heights

By Damian J. Troise Associated Press U.S. stocks burst to their best day in three weeks on Friday, helping Wall Street return to...

A year after pandemic cleared out offices, WeWork is back

After a year in which a global pandemic turned offices across the world into ghost towns WeWork, the embattled communal office-space company, is making...

Consumer spending dipped 1% as winter storms raked the U.S.

WASHINGTON – Consumer spending and personal incomes both fell sharply in February as severe winter storms disrupted shopping in many parts of the country...

State jobless claims continue downward trend

New unemployment claims in the state dropped last week for the fourth consecutive week, according to the Washington state Employment Security Department. Laid-off workers...

FDA panel rejects Pfizer's arthritis drug as too risky

By Linda A. Johnson Associated Press U.S. health advisers sharply criticized an experimental arthritis drug Thursday, saying that it was too risky, even...

Senate votes to extend small biz loan program for 2 months

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill 92-7 on Thursday to extend the deadline for business owners to apply for forgivable loans through the...

Government revises 4th quarter GDP up slightly to 4.3%

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3% in the final three months of 2020, slightly faster than previously estimated,...

JC Penney to close in Coeur d'Alene's Silver Lake Mall

Struggling retailer J.C. Penney has announced it will close its store at Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d’Alene. A list of pending closures on...

Industrial park owners look to expand at new Spokane Valley site

The owners of Spokane Business and Industrial Park have purchased 39 acres near the corner of Barker and Euclid roads in Spokane Valley to...

Historic Chancery building in downtown Spokane listed for sale

A downtown Spokane historic building that local preservationists feared would be demolished may have a new lease on life after recently being listed for...

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