Daily Oklahoman: Business
- California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUV
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 02:15 PMHOLTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — An SUV packed with 25 people pulled in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer on a two-lane highway cutting through farmland near the U.S-Mexico border early Tuesday, killing 13 and leaving bodies strewn across the roadway.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senate confirms Raimondo as Biden commerce secretary
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 02:37 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden’s commerce secretary and help guide the economy's recovery during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 04:00 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is taking shape at the slowest pace of any in modern history, with just over a dozen nominees for top posts confirmed more than a month into his tenure.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Farmers in Fukushima plant indigo to rebuild devastated town
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 04:25 PMMINAMISOMA, Japan (AP) — Because of radiation released by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster a decade ago, farmers in nearby Minamisoma weren't allowed to grow crops for two years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Marchex: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 10:58 AMSEATTLE (AP) _ Marchex Inc. (MCHX) on Tuesday reported a loss of $5.4 million in its fourth quarter.
The Seattle-based company said it had a loss of 12 cents per share.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Horizon Technology Finance: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:06 AMFARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) _ Horizon Technology Finance Corp. Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Darling: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:12 AMIRVING, Texas (AP) _ Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $44.7 million.
On a per-share basis, the Irving, Texas-based company said it had profit of 27 cents.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Naval Academy seeking student vaccines for summer training
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:25 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy is developing plans to begin vaccinating midshipmen this month so students can deploy to ships and with Navy teams as part of their training this summer, Vice Adm.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Health official: Model predicts herd immunity likely with mask ordinance extension in Oklahoma City
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:33 AMBy William CrumStaff writerwcrum@oklahoman.comA public health official said predictive modeling shows local herd immunity to COVID-19 could be achieved in June.
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The announcement came Tuesday as the Oklahoma City Council passed a mask ordinance extension. - Lebanon currency hits record low as multiple crises worsen
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 03:53 AMBEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market on Tuesday, a sign of the country’s multiple crises deepening with no prospects for a new Cabinet in the near future.
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- San Francisco leaders cheer reopening as COVID-19 cases fall
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 02:24 PMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will begin reopening more parts of its economy starting Wednesday, including indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms, an upbeat Mayor London Breed announced as California gave seven counties the go-ahead thanks to declining rates of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - China, looking post-virus, to push tech autonomy at Congress
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 02:37 PMBEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders are shifting focus from the coronavirus back to long-term goals of making China a technology leader at this year's highest-profile political event, the meeting of its ceremonial legislature, amid tension with Washington and Europe over trade, Hong Kong and human rights.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ontario says seniors won't get AstraZeneca vaccine
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 04:16 PMTORONTO (AP) — The health minister of Canada’s most populous province said Tuesday Ontario seniors won’t receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine since there’s limited data on its effectiveness in older populations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $14.25M penalty in pollution case
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 04:27 PMHOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty Tuesday in an 11-year-old lawsuit alleging it violated the Clean Air Act for eight years at its flagship Baytown, Texas, refinery.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Monroe Capital: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:05 AMCHICAGO (AP) _ Monroe Capital Corporation (MRCC) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $9.1 million.
The Chicago-based company said it had profit of 42 cents per share.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pandemic Golden Globes ratings plunge 64% to 6.9M viewers
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:10 AMNEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic-era Golden Globes sunk to 6.9 million viewers, down a whopping 64% from 2020 and only barely beating the year when a writer's strike forced NBC to show a news conference announcing the winners.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:24 AMTexas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite pleas from health officials not to let their guard down yet.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:26 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to rally behind a $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill and stood by his proposed $1,400 payments to individuals, even as some party moderates sought to dial back parts of the package.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader's poisoning
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 03:53 AMThe Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday for a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack upon opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK holiday firm had 'undesirable guests' list of Irish names
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 03:56 AMLONDON (AP) — A chain of holiday parks in Britain kept an “undesirable guests” list of Irish surnames in an attempt to keep out members of the Irish Traveller community, the U.K.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Rio Tinto chairman leaving over destruction of sacred sites
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 02:20 PMCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said Wednesday he was accountable for the mining giant destroying sacred Indigenous sites in Australia to access iron ore and he will not seek reelection as a board director next year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas becomes biggest US state to lift COVID-19 mask mandate
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 03:58 PMAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to no longer require one of the most effective ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Budget nominee Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 04:03 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators for her controversial tweets.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rigel: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 10:57 AMSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) _ Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vectrus: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:02 AMCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ Vectrus Inc. Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden consumer watchdog pick signals more aggressive stance
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:10 AMCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden's nominee to run the federal consumer watchdog agency indicated Tuesday that if confirmed he would restore more aggressive enforcement actions against companies and banks that largely faded during the Trump administration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Grocery Outlet: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:21 AMEMERYVILLE, Calif. (AP) _ Grocery Outlet (GO) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $24.3 million.
On a per-share basis, the Emeryville, California-based company said it had net income of 24 cents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - L.B. Foster: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 11:28 AMPITTSBURGH (AP) _ L.B. Foster Co. (FSTR) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $2.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the Pittsburgh-based company said it had profit of 20 cents. Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hovnanian: Fiscal 1Q Earnings Snapshot
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 03:45 AMMATAWAN, N.J. (AP) _ Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (HOV) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $19 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Matawan, New Jersey-based company said it had profit of $2.75.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Austria, Denmark look beyond EU to Israel for future vaccine
Tuesday - 03/02/2021 - 04:03 AMBRUSSELS (AP) — Austria and Denmark have further dented the European Union's already fragile coronavirus vaccine solidarity by announcing plans to team up with Israel to produce second-generation vaccines against COVID-19 variants.
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