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Deadline looms for negotiators seeking a deal for cash to curb global warming
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday remained mired in the maze of a trillion-dollar money problem, turning to host Azerbaijan to lead the way to daylight with a promised map to be released in the dark of night. |
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Stock market today: Wall Street weakens as Target tumbles
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling Wednesday, led by Target, which lost more than a fifth of its value after the retailer gave a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season. |
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Target struggles in the third quarter despite price cuts and offers a tempered holiday outlook
NEW YORK (AP) — Target etched out a slim sales increase in the third quarter and profits slumped as inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending and costs related to a dockworker strike in October dragged on results. |
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Delta CEO says the Trump administration will reverse government ‘overreach’ seen under Biden
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden. |
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Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans, and named Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department. |
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Campbell’s shareholders approve the company’s new, soupless name
NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell’s is ditching the soup — at least in name. And the change has now received shareholders’ greenlight. |
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‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the Northwest
SEATTLE (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person. |
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Washington man among four business owners indicted in scheme to violate the Clean Air Act
SPOKANE — Four business owners in the West were indicted by a federal jury last month for allegedly smuggling illegal devices meant to skirt federal emissions standards across the border and distributing them across the U.S., in violation of the Clean Air Act. |
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Kalama is only district in WA picked for federal energy savings program
LONGVIEW — The Kalama School District is among 60 nationwide selected to participate in a U.S. Department of Energy program promoting energy efficiency and sustainability, the district announced Tuesday. |
Portland Business News
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Portland Classic names new title sponsor
The Standard will be the title sponsor for the Portland Classic through 2027.
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