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Amazon boosts Wall Street to another winning week, month

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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon led the U.S. stock market on Friday to the finish of another winning week and month. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and pulled closer to its all-time high set on Tuesday. It closed out a third straight winning week and a sixth straight winning month, its longest monthly ...

Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and more from YouTube

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YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels, including ABC and ESPN, after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal. Other channels that vanished from Google's pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo. Google's pay TV platform said in a ...

Xi, Carney try to rebuild China-Canada relations

Business News

GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of China and Canada took a step toward mending the long-fractured ties between their countries on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, meeting in South Korea during an Asia-Pacific summit, called for improving ...

EV station in Escanaba part of state directive

Local News

ESCANABA — A solar-powered electric vehicle charging station installed at the Secretary of State building in Escanaba on Thursday is part of an initiative to transition the state government’s light-duty fleet to zero emissions by 2033. The new location has the capacity to charge two ...

Man accused in pub fire found incompetent for trial

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ESCANABA - A Rapid River man accused of setting fire to the Rapid River Pub early Labor Day has been ordered to receive inpatient treatment to restore competency to stand trial. Steven Truman Prestridge, 33, appeared remotely Thursday in the Delta County 94th District Court. The hearing was ...

Mixed hardwood timber is stacked at a logging site in Elcho, Wis., in September 2021. (Rob Mentzer | Wisconsin Public Radio)

Tariffs on wood, wood products might not help producers

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Larry Krueger has already felt the effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on his lumber business. Krueger, cofounder and vice president of Krueger Lumber in Valders in northeast Wisconsin, said with tariffs in place on lumber imported to the United States, other countries have ...