Business Stories from April 26, 2016 (Change date)
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Chinese company to build $1 billion mill in south ArkansasApr 26, 2016 12:30 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Chinese company Sun Paper announced plans Tuesday for a $1 billion mill in southern Arkansas, the paper company's first facility in North Am...
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Whirlpool and Corning slide, DuPont and Supervalu riseApr 26, 2016 4:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: NYSE Whirlpool Corp., down $6.61 to...
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Hawaii bill bans discrimination against transgender patientsApr 26, 2016 8:00 pm - HONOLULU (AP) - Insurance companies would not be allowed to discriminate against transgender patients under a bill passed by the Hawaii Legislature. The bill passed Tues...
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Turner, Criterion Collection launch movie-streaming serviceApr 26, 2016 1:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Turner and the Criterion Collection are teaming up to launch a movie-streaming TV service to cater to art house aficionados. The companies announced Tues...
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Estonian gets prison in cyberscam that infected 4M computersApr 26, 2016 5:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - An Estonian businessman has been sentenced in New York to over seven years in prison for his role in a cyberscam that infected 4 million computers in ove...
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UK junior doctors walk off the job in all-out strikeApr 26, 2016 8:05 am - LONDON (AP) - Thousands of junior doctors posted picket lines outside hospitals around England on Tuesday in the first all-out strike in the history of Britain's Nationa...
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Japan's Funai told to pay Philips $152 million compensationApr 26, 2016 5:01 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Royal Philips says an international arbitration panel has ordered Japanese company Funai Electric Co. to pay the Dutch electronics firm 135...
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Nokia to buy France's Withings in $190 million dealApr 26, 2016 6:30 am - HELSINKI (AP) - In a move to speed its entry into digital health products, Nokia says it plans to acquire the French consumer electronics company Withings S.A., in a 170...
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Boyd Gaming buys Cannery properties for $230 millionApr 26, 2016 12:00 pm - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Boyd Gaming Corp. says it has reached an agreement to buy Cannery Casino Resorts LLC's two Las Vegas properties for $230 million. The deal will give Boy...
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Tribune calls Gannett 'erratic,' but still reviewing dealApr 26, 2016 8:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Tribune Publishing said in a letter Tuesday that USA Today owner Gannett is "erratic" and "unreliable," as the two newspaper companies try to discuss a p...