Business Stories from January 4, 2016 (Change date)
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Appeals court reverses Key West tattoo shop rulingJan 05, 2016 5:39 am - KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling barring a Virginia man from opening a tattoo shop in Key West. In a 14-page decision released last ...
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53-year-old Swiss billionaire is pregnant with twinsJan 04, 2016 11:30 am - PARIS (AP) - Louis Dreyfus Commodities has said that its 53-year-old Swiss billionaire chair is pregnant with twin girls. The conglomerate said in a statement Monday tha...
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Kansas City's Country Club Plaza sold to joint ventureJan 04, 2016 5:30 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City's Country Club Plaza shopping and entertainment district has been sold for only the second time since it opened in 1923. Highwoods Pr...
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The latest on gadgets: Oven that can be controlled via phoneJan 04, 2016 3:00 pm - LAS VEGAS (AP) - The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Can you really walk away from y...
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80-year-old Tokyo fish market holds final New Year auctionJan 04, 2016 6:30 pm - TOKYO (AP) - It's among the biggest of Japan's many New Year holiday rituals: Early on Tuesday, a huge, glistening tuna was auctioned for about 14 million Japanese yen (...
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The smart-tech future beckons to us from the CES gadget showJan 04, 2016 5:30 pm - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Look around. How many computing devices do you see? Your phone, probably; maybe a tablet or a laptop. Your car, the TV set, the microwave, bedside alarm...
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Chick-fil-A delays reopening in NYC after violations foundJan 05, 2016 5:39 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Chick-fil-A says it's delaying the reopening of its first stand-alone New York City location after being cited for a number of health violations. The cha...
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Authorities in Puerto Rico seize, destroy 10,000 toy dollsJan 04, 2016 2:30 pm - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Federal authorities in Puerto Rico say they seized 10,000 counterfeit Barbie dolls that arrived from China. U.S. Customs and Border Protecti...
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Saudi allies scale down ties to Iran amid growing tensionsJan 05, 2016 5:39 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead and on Monday began scaling down their diplomatic ties to Iran in the wake of the ransacking of Sa...
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General Motors CEO Mary Barra adds chairman to her titleJan 04, 2016 3:00 pm - General Motors CEO Mary Barra is taking on the added role of chairman at the nation's largest automaker. The company's directors Monday unanimously elected her to lead t...