Business Stories from May 19, 2016 (Change date)
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HydraForce Named Business Partner of Year by Northwest Educational Council for Student Success (NECSS)May 23, 2016 7:22 am - On Thursday, April 28, HydraForce was honored as Business Partner of the Year by the Northwest Educational Council for Student Success (NECSS) for providing an "exceptio...
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Chicago-area fleets reduce petroleum use by 25 million gallons in 2015May 24, 2016 1:04 pm - The Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition announced that in 2015 its member fleets saved more than 25 million gasoline-gallon equivalents of petroleum and 225,000 tons of ...
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Former Brazil energy minister new CEO at troubled PetrobrasMay 19, 2016 6:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Former Brazilian energy minister Pedro Parente has been named by acting President Michel Temer as the new CEO of state-run oil giant Petrobras. Par...
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Congress, White House strike rescue deal for Puerto RicoMay 19, 2016 3:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans and Democrats reached a rare, election-year deal with the White House to try to rescue Puerto Rico from $70 billion in debt as millio...
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Tobacco firms lose UK court bid to stop standard packagingMay 19, 2016 8:30 am - LONDON (AP) - A group of tobacco firms have lost a U.K. court bid to prevent the sale of cigarettes in standardized green packaging. Philip Morris International, British...
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ECB: Stimulus working, grounds for optimism about economyMay 19, 2016 7:30 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - European Central Bank officials saw "grounds for cautious optimism about the economy" at their last meeting as the bank's stimulus measures tak...
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China's high-tech future emerges in factory town SMay 19, 2016 9:30 am - SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Forget Beijing and Shanghai. China's economic future is emerging in Shenzhen. Formerly a collection of fishing enclaves next door to Hong Kong tha...
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Joint effort on Florida mental hospitals wins APME honorsMay 20, 2016 11:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A joint effort of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Tampa Bay Times exposing treacherous and violent conditions in Florida's state-funded mental hospit...
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Gap closing 75 stores outside North America amid sales slumpMay 19, 2016 6:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Gap Inc. said Thursday that it is shuttering 75 Old Navy and Banana Republic stores outside North America as the struggling company looks to focus on reg...
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EU adds North Korean military brass to its sanction listMay 19, 2016 7:31 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union has added several senior North Korean military officers to its sanctions list. The EU said Thursday that 18 people, most of them North...
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