Business Stories from March 17, 2015 (Change date)
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80 years later, how would Atlantic City-based Monopoly look?Mar 19, 2015 7:38 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Monopoly is celebrating 80 years of capitalist cunning and dinner-table deals. The board game based on the real-life streets of Atlantic City ...
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Grain mixed, livestock mixedMar 19, 2015 10:03 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery was unchanged at $5.1075 a bushel; May corn was 2...
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House passes GOP bills targeting EPA's 'secret science'Mar 18, 2015 3:34 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has passed two Republican-backed bills that would place new restrictions on the Environmental Protection Agency. A bill approved Wednesday wo...
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NYC sergeant who never took sick day in 42-year career diesMar 18, 2015 11:34 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A New York Police Department sergeant who never took a sick day in his 42-year career has died weeks shy of his retirement. Sgt. Francis "Buddy" Murnane ...
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FedEx 3Q profit jumps, but revenue, outlook disappointMar 18, 2015 3:04 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - FedEx Corp.'s third-quarter profit jumped more than 50 percent and beat Wall Street expectations on a mix of volume growth and lower fuel costs. The Memp...
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Brazil president announces anti-corruption measuresMar 18, 2015 2:33 pm - SAO PAULO (AP) - President Dilma Rousseff announced a series of anti-graft measures on Wednesday in the wake of Sunday's massive nationwide rallies calling for her impea...
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Swiss return to Brazil $120 million from Petrobras probeMar 18, 2015 11:04 am - BERLIN (AP) - Swiss authorities say they are handing over to Brazil more than $120 million that were frozen as part of corruption probes involving state-run oil company ...
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Mexican state moves against farmworkers protest, arrests 200Mar 18, 2015 10:04 pm - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Police arrested more than 200 people in the Mexican border state of Baja California in a bid to quash protests and road blockages by farmworkers deman...
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T-Mobile turns its focus to small businesses with new offersMar 18, 2015 5:04 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile wants to change how businesses buy phones and wireless services - two years after it changed how consumers do so. T-Mobile says its new business...
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Supporters of higher minimum wage hail judge's rulingMar 18, 2015 2:33 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Supporters of higher pay for minimum wage workers hailed a federal judge's decision clearing the way for Seattle's new minimum wage law to take effect as ...