Business Stories from December 15, 2015 (Change date)
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Mack announces layoffs, citing weakened demand for trucksDec 15, 2015 9:31 am - MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) - Mack Trucks Inc. plans to lay off 400 people, or more than 20 percent of the work force at its Pennsylvania manufacturing facility. The Greensboro, ...
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Merck wins approval for long-delayed surgery revival drugDec 15, 2015 2:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health authorities have approved a new drug that helps patients recover from the numbing effects of certain surgical drugs. The approval of Bri...
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Leading European drug companies plan multibillion asset swapDec 15, 2015 8:01 am - BERLIN (AP) - German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim and France's Sanofi say they are in talks on an asset swap that would boost Sanofi's position as a manuf...
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Romanian riot police fire tear gas at protesting shepherdsDec 15, 2015 8:01 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - More than 1,000 angry shepherds broke through police lines onto the grounds of Romania's Parliament on Tuesday to protest a law that regulates ...
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Global Payments to buy rival Heartland Payment for $4.3BDec 15, 2015 4:00 pm - Global Payments Inc. said Tuesday it is buying smaller rival Heartland Payment Systems Inc. for $4.3 billion to grow in the U.S., its largest market. Heartland, based in...
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EU gets provisional deal on data protection rulesDec 15, 2015 2:30 pm - BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union late Tuesday took a major step toward approving sweeping new data protection rules that would strengthen online privacy, streamline le...
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Siri vs. Cortana vs. 'OK Google': Who's better, who's bestDec 15, 2015 9:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cortana's learning the neighborhood. Google's digital assistant can't tell a joke. And Siri apparently has a thing for the metric system. Those are ...
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Foreign holdings of US Treasury securities fall in OctoberDec 15, 2015 3:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell in October for the third time in the past four months as both China and Japan, the two largest owners...
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Manufacturing in New York shrinks for 5th straight monthDec 15, 2015 7:01 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Factory activity in New York shrank for the fifth straight month in December, forcing significant job cuts. The New York Federal Reserve's Empire State...
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Valeant in new distribution deal with WalgreensDec 15, 2015 8:31 am - Valeant Pharmaceuticals has a new distribution deal with Walgreens, sending shares of the beleaguered Canadian drug company up sharply in morning trading. The company sa...