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Tech company gains help push S&P 500 to record high

By Damian J. Troise </p><p>and Axel Veiga Associated Press Wall Street capped another week of gains with more milestones Friday, as strength in...

Study: Facebook delivers biased job ads, skewed by gender

Facebook is showing different job ads to women and men in a way that might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, according to a new...

Amazon secures enough votes to block union effort

Amazon has secured enough votes to block a union effort at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, proving the might of the online shopping giant...

Wholesale prices up 1% in March, energy leads the way again

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Wholesale prices jumped again in March pushed by another big increase in energy prices, the government reported Friday. The Labor...

Amazon worker union effort in Alabama could spread to Spokane

Even as a union vote by Amazon workers was trending toward failure Thursday in Alabama, a Spokane-area labor organizer said he believes a similar...

U.S. jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffs

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 744,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even...

Spokane County's median home price soars to $341,750 in March

Spokane County’s median home price soared to its highest level in history last month at nearly $342,000, driven by buyer demand that continues to...

Alcohol home deliveries booming in Spokane area

Tyler Cossey started out delivering beer from The Store on Thor on his own just before the pandemic hit. Now he has five all-weather...

Target to spend more than $2B at Black-owned businesses

NEW YORK — Target will spend a total of more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses by 2025 as part of its effort to...

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