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Asian, Black and Hispanic small-business owners pay higher interest rates on loans than their white counterparts, a new University of Washington report found.

Rashida Jones is ending her run as president of MSNBC after four years. Jones is leaving two months after the progressive news channel's parent company Comcast announced it will spin MSNBC off into a new company with most of its other cable networks. She informed staff of her decision Tuesday morning. .

The investigation into South Korea’s recent deadly plane crash has underscored a shortcoming first identified more than two decades ago – that older aircraft lack the technology to keep the cockpit voice recorder working when the main power sources fail.

Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to cut about 5% of its lowest performers with the intent of backfilling their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to employees.

Starbucks Corp. reversed a policy allowing anyone, even those who hadn’t purchased anything, to use its cafes, patios and restrooms.

The holding company for Wheatland Bank, which has two branches in Spokane and several in Eastern Washington, has signed an agreement to acquire the Idaho Falls-based Bank of Idaho. 

Low crop prices and high costs for seeds and machinery mean a rebound in the American farm sector won’t start until next year, according to an outlook Monday from farm lender AgAmerica.

United States Steel Corp. shares rose after CNBC reported that Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and Nucor Corp. are considering a takeover bid of the iconic American steelmaker.

 Apple Inc. sold 5% fewer iPhones globally and lost ground to Chinese rivals in the final quarter of last year, reflecting the absence of Apple Intelligence in its largest market outside the US.

Sonos Inc. Chief Executive Officer Patrick Spence is leaving after eight years in the job, a move that follows a botched app revamp that upset customers and stymied growth.

Pam Senske came back to the Spokane-based company, that her father founded, as a non-paid advisor in the early 1980s. It led to a decades-long run that ended when she finally stepped down last February from serving on its board of directors.

Jenna Bush Hager, who became one of the most influential figures in publishing when she launched a book club on the “Today” show nearly six years ago, said Wednesday that she now plans to do more than just recommend books: She’s going to publish them.

Heralding itself as a “fancy dive bar,” June & Co operated in a quaint building near the intersection of Browne Street and Main Avenue until it closed in September of last year, according to its website.

The impending disappearance of TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the United States, has sent marketers, agencies and creators racing to embrace alternatives – even if they’re not entirely convinced that TikTok will in fact exit the United States this month.

The parent company of Macy's announced this week that it will be closing several dozen stores, which includes its Coeur d'Alene location at the Silver Lake Mall.

The U.S. economy created a burst of new jobs in December, capping a solid year of employment growth marked by big gains in health care and government payrolls, according to new figures released Friday.

California banned insurers from canceling or not renewing residential property policies in the Los Angeles neighborhoods that were affected by the blazes that destroyed swaths of the city this week.

Cocoa headed for a weekly decline in New York, after a volatile few days that included chocolate maker Hershey Co.’s bid to source a huge amount of beans through the exchange.