Business Stories from January 12, 2016 (Change date)
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Samsung reaches partial agreement with sick workersJan 12, 2016 5:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics reached a partial agreement on workplace safety with sickened workers and their families, nearly a decade after the death o...
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Oil keeps falling. And falling. How low can it go?Jan 12, 2016 2:00 pm - DALLAS (AP) - The price of oil keeps falling. And falling. And falling. It has to stop somewhere, right? Even after trending down for a year and a half, U.S. crude has f...
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Immigrant raids divide Obama from Democrats and ClintonJan 12, 2016 6:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal immigration raids have wrenched open new divides between President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, including the woman who hopes to rep...
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US welcomes court ruling on Philippine defense pactJan 12, 2016 3:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States on Tuesday welcomed a court ruling on the constitutionality of a defense pact with the Philippines, saying it would allow the allies ...
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Ruling is another setback to proposed Iowa wind energy lineJan 12, 2016 1:30 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Utilities Board has dealt another procedural setback to a company proposing a $2 billion transmission line to ship Iowa wind energy to cu...
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MetLife mulls spinoff or IPO of life insurance businessJan 12, 2016 5:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - MetLife plans to carve off a substantial portion of its U.S. life insurance business via a sale, spinoff or an initial public offering as the parent comp...
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Fantasy sites raise concerns about Massachusetts regsJan 12, 2016 1:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - Daily fantasy sports operators raised objections Tuesday to some of the regulations proposed for the online contests in Massachusetts, including a minimum ...
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Report: US farmers plant fewer acres into winter wheatJan 12, 2016 2:30 pm - WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - U.S. farmers planted fewer acres into winter wheat last fall as growers in top-producing states, including Kansas, cut back on the crop, a governmen...
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Senate rejects Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' legislationJan 12, 2016 2:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday blocked legislation calling for tougher audits of the Federal Reserve, rebuffing an attempt by Republican presidential candidate ...
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Grain mostly lower, livestock higherJan 12, 2016 9:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was 1.25 cents lower at $4.6760 a bushel;...