Business

Over the past five years, Natalie Contrera has traveled from her West Philadelphia home to Colombia, Belize, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic twice. She soon hopes to visit Egypt and Lebanon, her family’s homeland. The 35-year-old’s secret to planning and affording so many excursions since the pandemic? A travel agent. 

American Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its flight attendants after years of negotiating for a new contract.

Inflation and high interest rates are weighing down sales of new cars and trucks in San Diego and across California but some industry analysts and dealers suspect another factor is quickly coming into play — anxiety about the upcoming presidential election.

Municipal bond funds are seeing the largest burst of demand in months as confidence builds that the Federal Reserve will start lowering interest rates as soon as September, bolstering the outlook for fixed-income more broadly.

Airlines began slowly resuming some operations following a widespread global software meltdown, but thousands of delayed or canceled flights are likely to cascade through the system for days.

People of color own about 8% of businesses in Spokane county despite making up about 16% of the population, according to the Spokane Trends community indicators website.

City Brix, a winery and bistro, is planned to open this fall in a 1905 building between Birdie’s Pie Shop and Terrain Gallery.

When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and major brokers last year lost a federal antitrust suit, the verdict unleashed new scrutiny of the industry and its practices. With new commission rules set to go into effect in August as a result of the settlement, critics — even some inside the industry — are growing louder, saying the National Association of Realtors is a “cartel.”

Mortgage rates broke below the 7% barrier this week, according to Bankrate’s latest lender survey. It was the first time since February that the average 30-year rate was in the sub-7 range. The reason: optimism that the Federal Reserve might cut rates in the near future. The 30-year mortgage rate fell to 6.92%. The 15-year rate fell to 6.92% and the 30-year jumbo to 6.92%. The 30-year fixed ...

United Airlines Holdings Inc. said third-quarter profit will fall short of Wall Street’s expectations as US carriers slash ticket prices to lure domestic travelers, keeping even the industry’s largest players from fully capitalizing on record summer travel.

On April 16, piloting an electric vehicle through the north of North Dakota became far less fraught. That’s when a new fast-charging station switched on at a Simonson Station Store gas station in Minot, close to a Red Wing boot shop.

Initial applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week by the most since early May and continuing claims jumped, adding to evidence of a softening labor market.

In a land of coffee shop giants like Starbucks and Dutch Bros, Gonzaga alum and Wake Up Call owner Christopher Arkoosh wanted to wake up the people of Spokane to what a locally run, people-first coffee shop looks like in action.

Amazon’s injury rate during its busiest periods of the year – Prime Day and the holiday shopping season – may be even higher than previously reported, according to an analysis from Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Jamie Feldman, 35, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is currently paying off nearly $20,000 in credit card debt.

People with excess cash continued to make new deposits into U.S. Bank accounts between April and June while also spending more on high-ticket items, leading to increased revenue for Minneapolis-based parent company U.S. Bancorp.

A pioneering Chicago tech company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and no, it’s not Groupon. From a humble origin story, Grubhub launched the multi-billion dollar U.S. online food delivery industry, which exploded in popularity during the pandemic, sating the cravings of locked-down consumers for everything from avocado toast to quesadillas.