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Beijing hit back Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s tariffs by imposing an 84% levy on all U.S. goods, as the world’s second-largest economy signaled it would not back down, even as Chinese officials called for talks.

March is generally a good time for those who sell new and used cars. But the chaos swirling around the potential economic impact of President Donald Trump's wave of new tariffs made this past March particularly good.

Supercan Bulk shipped one lot, 50 cases, of 15.9-ounce bags of Supercan Pig Ear Slivers, Thick Cut Piggy Ear Slices to North 40 Outfitters’ Spokane store, 9646 U.S. 2, in April 2024.

Silicon Valley technology firms employing foreign workers are scrambling to allay visa holders’ fears that if they travel outside the country they might not get back in. 

In the spring of 1930, more than 1,000 economists across the United States wrote a letter urging President Herbert Hoover to veto a tariff bill under consideration by the Senate. The bill “would be a mistake,” they said. It would hurt exporters during a severe recession (that would later be known as the Great Depression) and provoke other countries to enact their own tariffs, they wrote.

As television station owners gathered in Las Vegas this week for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention, they sent an urgent message to Washington that could be summed up in one word — "Help."

Bruce Batuli Daniel, a 41-year-old from Congo who works as a cabin cleaner at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, worries he wouldn't be able to fly on the same airplanes he cleans.

Chinese shares plunged and sovereign yields neared an all-time low as investors braced themselves for the fall-out from a spiraling trade conflict between the world’s two largest economies.

Back in January, when Donald Trump was inaugurated as president for the second time, he made a point to feature prominent billionaires. Their combined net worth totaled more than $1 trillion.

Colossal Biosciences Inc., a Dallas-based biotech firm with a $10 billion valuation, has announced a new breakthrough in its audacious mission to resurrect extinct animals.

Newly implemented tariffs will stoke inflation and slow growth, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon wrote in his annual letter to shareholders ― calling on the uncertainty that’s roiling global markets to end sooner rather than later. 

Financial markets around the world were slammed Monday, as investors recoiled from the prospects of a severe economic downturn sparked by the escalating trade war.

A Phoenix-based company has submitted plans for a new shipping facility to be built on a vacant plot of land immediately west of Esmerelda Golf Course, according to city building records.

Crop conditions had already made a cup of Joe more expensive in Spokane, but the announcement this week of new tariffs on the countries that produce coffee beans bring even more uncertainty and will likely cause even higher prices, local roasters said.

From staff reports

Etsy (Nasdaq: ETSY) operates an online marketplace for handmade and customizable goods. Sales are down and profits have shrunk, yet the company’s stock is worth considering now because its business model produces lots of cash.