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Business Briefs for May 20

Avera ranked 1st in nation for long-term care resident experience Avera has ranked first out of the top 20 organizations that earned a 2019 Customer Approved Award from Lincoln, Nebraska–based healthcare-intelligence firm NRC Health. The award recognizes senior-care organizations across the ...

Wobbly week for US stocks; 2nd weekly drop for S&P 500

(AP) — Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Friday as investor jitters over the heated trade war between the world’s two biggest economies overshadowed encouraging developments in conflicts between the U.S. and other key trading partners. The sell-off gained strength in the last hour of ...

Area wind turbine foundation system wins award

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon cleantech company that developed a new concrete-saving, CO2-reducing foundation system for wind turbine towers has been awarded the 2019 Merit Award from the Post-Tensioning Institute, based on the first installation of the foundation technology in southwest ...

Business Briefs for May 13

J.D. Power ranks Edward Jones highest in investor satisfaction Edward Jones local financial advisers Neil M. Frost, Mike Leary, Brent Snodgrass, Ryan M. Snodgrass and Austin DeMuth announce the financial services firm Edward Jones ranks highest in investor satisfaction with full service ...

House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump tax returns

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Democrat on Friday issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of next Friday to deliver them. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, ...

Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home

NEW YORK (AP) — His trade war already raging worldwide, President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive approach as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American workers and scorning his chief Democratic rivals as weak. Trump’s actions have already ...