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U.S. mortgage rates rose last week to match the highest level since August 2025, sending applications for home purchases to the lowest level since February.

Taco Bell has removed ingredients from some stores in what the fast food chain said was a precautionary move as thousands of people have been infected with the gastrointestinal illness cyclosporiasis.

The U.S. Mint will soon begin producing a new $1 gold-hued coin with President Donald Trump’s face on it to commemorate America’s 250th birthday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced this week.

Hollywood's fascination with YouTube creators is going to the next level. Los Angeles-based investment firm Content Partners and media entrepreneur Ed Simpson announced this week that they are launching a new company, Wonderloom Media, that will acquire YouTube-creator led businesses.

High-tech features are making vehicles more expensive and difficult to repair, putting pressure on already strained car owners and posing an existential crisis for mom-and-pop mechanics, analysts and consumer advocates say.

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings Inc for $60.50 per share, in a deal that would value the payments company at more than $53 billion, two people familiar with the matter said.

Solving Spokane County’s housing affordability crisis will require cooperation and more options for developers to build in existing neighborhoods rather than adding subdivisions filled with single-family homes, said local housing experts participating in a discussion Tuesday by Great Spokane Inc.

Alaska Airlines is adding a seasonal-direct flight option for Spokane travelers that will run from December through April, the airlines announced on Tuesday.

Frontier Airlines will retrofit its fleet of more than 180 aircraft with Starlink, becoming the latest carrier to join the inflight high-speed internet arms race by partnering with Elon Musk's SpaceX subsidiary.

Many of the smartest people in the world warned governments, companies and people Monday that they need to be ready for the deep impact that artificial intelligence is going to have on the economy. More than 200 economists, researchers and tech leaders said artificial intelligence could transform the economy for the better and for worse and fuel risks including "large-scale job displacement." ...

Wall Street bank earnings powered ahead in the second quarter with a strong lift from fees for advising on mergers and acquisitions and surging trading revenue, but some banks warned about risks ahead to the economy and markets. 

Minnesota and four other states joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in settling a high-profile lawsuit against Deere & Company, with a stipulation that the company make it easier for farmers to repair their own iconic green John Deere tractors.

Brown-Forman CEO and President Lawson Whiting has decided to retire, the company said on Monday, but did not provide a timeline for his departure. Whiting ​will continue in his role till a successor is appointed, the Jack Daniel's maker said.

A group of 12 states led by Democratic attorneys general on Monday sued to block Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the sharpest challenge to one of the biggest media and entertainment mergers in history.

Tech shares weighed on U.S. stocks on Monday after President Donald Trump announced that he would reinstate a blockade on Iranian ports in the latest escalation of U.S.-Iran hostilities that sent oil prices jumping and dampened risk appetite.

Lily Meglio’s days are busy, but she never dreads going to work. On most days, the door to Lily’s, her colorful boutique in Clinton, Connecticut, opens at 10 a.m. Meglio, 22, straightens merchandise, places orders and helps customers − who are often surprised by her age. 

American businesses are increasingly convinced that higher inflation is here to stay. Even if Tuesday’s inflation report shows the cooling economists anticipate after a recent easing of gasoline prices, few forecasters or executives expect the relief to last.

In 1923, the city of Columbus, Ohio, enacted the first known off-street parking requirement for new apartment buildings. The city’s rules got stricter over time. In 1954, a Columbus apartment building with 100 one-bedroom units had to have at least 100 parking spaces; by 2022, the minimum was 150. For a 2,500-square-foot restaurant, the mandate grew from nine parking spaces to 34.