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Drive-thru dominates even as dine-in restrictions ease

Even with cities like New York relaxing rules for dining in, sales figures from chains like McDonalds and Domino’s Pizza on Thursday suggest that most people continue to favor keeping their distance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Global stocks mostly higher on US stimulus hopes

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures mostly rose Friday after President Donald Trump said talks had resumed on an aid package for the struggling U.S. economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Global stocks follow Wall Street higher on stimulus hopes

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures rose Friday after President Donald Trump said talks had resumed on an aid package for the struggling U.S. economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher on stimulus hopes

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the struggling U.S. economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Airbnb requires hosts to commit to enhanced cleaning

Airbnb said Thursday it will require hosts to comply with enhanced cleaning procedures as part of its effort to reassure guests and local officials during the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Waymo removing backup drivers from its autonomous vehicles

NEW YORK (AP) — Waymo is allowing the general public to hitch a ride in its driverless autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, expanding a service it had been quietly offering to a select group of riders for the past year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Drive-thru dominates even as dine-in restrictions ease

Even with cities like New York relaxing rules for dining in, sales figures from chains like McDonalds and Domino’s Pizza on Thursday suggest that most people continue to favor keeping their distance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher on stimulus hopes

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the struggling U.S. economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Airbnb requires hosts to commit to enhanced cleaning

Airbnb said Thursday it will require hosts to comply with enhanced cleaning procedures as part of its effort to reassure guests and local officials during the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Drive-thru dominates even as dine-in restrictions ease

Even with cities like New York relaxing rules for dining in, sales figures from chains like McDonalds and Domino’s Pizza on Thursday suggest that most people continue to favor keeping their distance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Waymo removing backup drivers from its autonomous vehicles

NEW YORK (AP) — Waymo is allowing the general public to hitch a ride in its driverless autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, expanding a service it had been quietly offering to a select group of riders for the past year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Global shares mostly higher on hopes for US stimulus

TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly higher on Thursday on optimism that U.S. stimulus may be coming after all, as President Donald Trump appeared to reverse his earlier decision to halt talks on another economic rescue effort.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Democrats call for Congress to rein in, break up Big Tech

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are calling for Congress to rein in Big Tech, possibly forcing Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple to break up their businesses, while making it harder for them to acquire others and imposing new rules to safeguard competition.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Trump signals willingness to help airlines and markets jump

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares in major U.S. airlines jumped at the opening bell, pulling the broader market along, after President Donald Trump signaled a willingness to help the decimated carriers in seemingly contradictory tweets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

IRS chief: agency reaching out on pandemic relief payments

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the IRS, on the defensive over millions of Americans in danger of missing coronavirus relief payments, said Wednesday the agency is reaching out to low-income and homeless people, military personnel and veterans and those with limited English to notify them they may be eligible …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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