Business Stories from January 8, 2016 (Change date)
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AP EXPLAINS: Why Hawaii's sugar plantations have disappearedJan 08, 2016 10:31 am - HONOLULU (AP) - The owners of Hawaii's last sugar plantation say they're getting out of the sugar-growing business. Miles of sugar cane fields once spread across the isl...
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Unruly passenger diverts Charlotte-to-Las Vegas flightJan 08, 2016 4:31 pm - FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Officials say an unruly passenger aboard an American Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Las Vegas prompted an unscheduled landin...
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Portugal gets back 4 public holidays in anti-austerity driveJan 08, 2016 7:31 am - LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Happy days are here again in Portugal - four of them, at least. The country's new Socialist government got Parliament's approval Friday to discar...
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US stock market drops, ending its worst week since 2011Jan 08, 2016 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A wave of late selling pummeled U.S. stocks Friday and pushed the market to its worst week in four years. The dismal start to the new year comes as inves...
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Puerto Rico sued over diverted funds amid economic crisisJan 08, 2016 10:01 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Rico is facing its first lawsuit over how the U.S. territory's government has diverted funds to meet certain bond payments as its liq...
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From the high-flying to the practical: CES 2016 in briefJan 08, 2016 7:30 pm - LAS VEGAS (AP) - This year's CES gadget show, like ones before it, showed off a mix of the dreamy and the practical in technology. Gadget prototypes promised us fully au...
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Late Motorhead frontman features in Finnish milk adJan 08, 2016 4:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A Finnish dairy company has released a commercial featuring Motorhead frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister that was filmed just weeks before his death ...
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Federal judge in Dallas says Delta can stay at Love FieldJan 08, 2016 5:01 pm - DALLAS (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that Southwest Airlines can't kick Delta out of Dallas Love Field while the airlines fight over space at the airport. U.S. Dis...
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Cohen barred from managing investor funds for 2 yearsJan 08, 2016 12:01 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Steven A. Cohen will be barred for two years from managing the money of others as part of a civil settlement with federal regulators who accused the bi...
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Grain higher, livestock higherJan 08, 2016 9:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was 6.50 cents higher at $4.75 a bushel; March c...