A coastal city in Oregon issued evacuations after a fire erupted at a seafood wholesaler Sunday morning and there was concern the smoke contained ammonia. The City of Newport issued the order for a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) radius of a Pacific Seafood processing plant and set up a shelter at a local elementary school. City officials
NEW YORK — Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August. Retail sales increased 0.8% last month, after delivering a revised 1.3% gain in August, according to the Commerce Department’s report Thursday. Economists were anticipating a 0.3% increase for the month, according to FactSet. Still, excluding business at
NEW YORK — When professional home organizer Britnee Tanner visits her clients, she often spots extra reusable bags buried under the kitchen sink or stuffed in a corner of the pantry. “They just are sneaky,” said Tanner, who lives in Salt Lake City. “I purchased a handful of these and then somehow I’ve collected ones
NEW YORK — Online behemoth Amazon said it’s increasing the minimum starting hourly wage for its U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20 ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season. With the $1-per-hour increase across the board for these workers who do jobs like pack and ship orders, the average pay for these employees will
Companies that secretly vary prices based on how much they think individual customers will pay could face federal charges under a proposed policy released Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission. “When consumers see a listed price, they expect it to be same price that everyone else sees, not the retailer’s estimate of how much they
MADISON, Wis. — Milwaukee art gallery owner Bill DeLind never thought he would see the Pablo Picasso etching print stolen from his shop in 2018 ever again. Until the police called last week and asked if he could come take a look at a piece of art a Milwaukee landlord had found while cleaning out
