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  • H&R Block revenue weaker this tax season

    H&R Block Inc. said last-minute changes to tax laws, a delayed start to the filing season and new fraud controls created hurdles for the company in this year’s tax season.

  • Idaho farmers file suit against Monsanto

    Farmers in Idaho have filed a potentially class action lawsuit against seed giant Monsanto after genetically engineered wheat was found in an eastern Oregon field.

  • Photos Port of Olympia to consider new bond issue

    The Port of Olympia Commission is set to consider financial adjustments to its capital investment plan and a $20 million bond issue to help pay for it, the port’s finance director said Tuesday.

  • Photos Boeing projects robust demand for airliners

    Boeing’s new 20-year forecast predicts airlines worldwide will need some 35,000 new airliners in the next two decades as the world’s airline fleet more than doubles.

  • Court hears arguments on NYC’s big-soda ban

    NEW YORK — A state appeals court panel had few sweet words Tuesday for a New York City health regulation that would fight diabetes and obesity by setting a size limit on sugary beverages sold in restaurants.

  • SoftBank of Japan ups bid for Sprint Nextel

    In raising its bid for Sprint Nextel, SoftBank of Japan is doing its best to make sure Dish Network will have a harder time fighting back.

  • Walgreen to pay $80 million in fines

    Walgreen, one of the nation’s biggest pharmacy operators, agreed Tuesday to pay $80 million in fines to resolve federal charges that it failed to properly control the sales of narcotic painkillers at some of its outlets.

  • Citrus company changes Cuties to Halos

    Paramount Citrus, the nation’s largest citrus grower, has renamed its California mandarins from Cuties to Wonderful Halos as part of a $100 million effort to promote its fruit.

  • Overdraft coverage can be costly, agency says

    A U.S. agency says consumers who opt for overdraft coverage on their checking accounts pay higher fees and are more likely to have their accounts closed than those who decline it.

  • Photos JBLM decides on 4-day weeks for civilian workers’ furloughs

    Thousands of civilian employees at Joint Base Lewis-McChord will take unpaid days off on 11 straight Fridays in July, August and September – part of a plan intended to concentrate the impacts of Pentagon-mandated furloughs to a single day of the week.


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