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The cable channel operator agreed to buy Scripps Networks Interactive for $90 a share, or almost $12 billion. Natural gas companies traded lower as the price of that fuel dropped. The auto dealer cut its annual profit forecast after its earnings in the second quarter fell short of analysts' estimates.

How major US stock market indexes fared on Monday NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks finished mostly higher Monday as banks, media and energy companies climbed just enough to cancel out losses for technology companies including Facebook and Amazon.

A host of U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy ships will return to Seattle this week as Seafair celebrates Fleet Week and the Boeing Maritime Celebration.

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Gains for banks and media companies are mostly outweighing losses elsewhere in the market, leaving stock indexes little changed by the end of trading on Wall Street. Charter Communications jumped 6 percent following reports that Japanese technology company SoftBank might make an offer for it. U.S. stocks are mostly lower in midday trading as Facebook and other technology companies open the week with losses. Media companies are rising Monday following a report that Charter Communications might be bought by a Japanese technology company... Читать дальше...

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Seahawks bring back linebacker Mike Morgan and waive Arthur Brown. 

Our primary election this year, Tuesday, August 1, is is the dog days of summer.  Voter turnout is expected to be low to embarrassing.  Yet, important stuff is on the ballot.  The contest for Seattle Mayor will be winnowed to two candidates.  The King County political class is touting a $469 million sales tax for the arts.  A nationally watched State Senate race will decide which party controls the Washington Legislature.

DETROIT (AP) — A government effort to speed up recalls of more than 21 million of the most dangerous Takata air bag inflators is falling short, according to an analysis of completion rates by The Associated Press. Critics such as Nelson say NHTSA is rudderless under the Trump administration. Since President Donald Trump took office, the agency has been without an administrator and two top deputies. Spokeswoman Elizabeth Weigandt says Ford has been replacing Ranger inflators in high-risk areas... Читать дальше...

If the most recent Starbucks investor call was any indication, technology and digital initiatives are becoming an huge priority for the coffee giant.

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant on Monday became the second member of that body to ask that Mayor Ed Murray resign in the wake of allegations that Murray sexually abused four men as teenagers.

Each year, the Littleton, Colorado, certified financial planner and his wife, Francie Steinzeig, a school psychologist, contributed an amount equal to whatever the two boys earned cutting lawns, shoveling snow and doing odd jobs. Even if no further contributions are made, both sons could see their accounts top $1 million by retirement age, assuming conservative 7 percent average annual returns. Financial planners know that Roth IRAs can set kids up for sound financial futures. Since children have decades ahead for money to compound... Читать дальше...

The company says that it is working with law enforcement and cybersecurity firms. HBO CEO Richard Pepler says in an email to the network's employees that "proprietary information" was stolen in the hack.

Stars react to the death of actor-playwright Sam Shepard NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction to the announcement Monday that actor-playwright Sam Shepard died last week at age 73: — Sam Shepard was a towering figure in American theater and film. — "I'm coping with Sam Shepard's death by listening to Prince which is just bumming me out more" — Comedian Whitney Cummings on Twitter. — A hero of theatre. — Literally bumped into Sam Shepard many years ago, both of us on our way to see Pillow Man on Broadway.

According to published reports , Sprint had proposed an acquisition by Charter. Combining forces could help companies sell packages of cellphone, home internet and video service.

U.S. hospitals have set a record for how quickly they open blocked arteries, averaging under one hour for the first time since these results have been tracked. "Things have definitely improved" from a decade ago, when less than half of heart attack patients were treated that fast, said Dr. Fred Masoudi, a University of Colorado cardiologist who led a recent report examining response times. Through a blood vessel in the groin or an arm, doctors guide a tube to the blockage causing the heart attack. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has died. Family spokesman Chris Boneau said Monday that Shepard died Thursday at his home in Kentucky from complications related to Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The taciturn Shepard, who grew up on a California ranch, was a man of few words who nevertheless produced 44 plays and numerous books... Читать дальше...

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on efforts to restore electricity to a portion of North Carolina's Outer Banks evacuated of tourists after a construction accident cut power lines (all times local): Spokeswomen for utilities supplying power to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands said Monday that they're adding generators to get visitors back in the middle of vacation season. Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative spokeswoman Laura Ertle said in a statement that crews are digging up damaged cables to splice together.

The departure took place after investigations by outside law firms uncovered widespread sexual harassment at the company. Kalanick also was captured on video in a profanity-laced tirade toward an Uber driver, and the company is under federal investigation for allegedly using software to thwart city inspectors who were trying to monitor its drivers. Media reports say some board members are now talking to outgoing General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly lower Monday as Facebook and other technology companies open the week with losses. Media companies are rising following a report that Charter Communications might be bought by a Japanese technology company, and cable network companies Scripps Networks and Discovery Communications agreed to combine. Charter Communications climbed after Bloomberg reported that Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is considering buying the cable TV provider. Scripps Networks Interactive... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks are mostly lower in midday trading as Facebook and other technology companies open the week with losses. Media companies are rising Monday following a report that Charter Communications might be bought by a Japanese technology company, while cable companies Scripps Networks and Discovery Communications agree to combine. The bank said higher interest rates helped it make more money for its lending business. U.S. stocks are starting the week higher as media companies gain.