Business Stories from September 18, 2016 (Change date)
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Uber's self-driving car: Prepare to be thrilled and bored at the same timeSep 20, 2016 5:59 am - PITTSBURGH - An hour before dawn Wednesday, Uber hit the green light on a project that many here have seen, but never experienced. Until now. Some of Uber's heaviest use...
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Study finds prolonged gender wage gap among college graduatesSep 20, 2016 5:59 am - Men make more money just six years after enrolling in college than women do 10 years after entering schools, a wage gap that persists across public and private four-year...
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'Sully' soars over 'Blair Witch,' 'Bridget' at box officeSep 21, 2016 6:07 am - LOS ANGELES - "Blair Witch," ''Bridget Jones's Baby" and "Snowden" didn't ground "Sully" at the weekend box office. The Warner Bros. dramatization of the Miracle on the ...
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Insider Q&A: Why so little relief on pricey biologic drugsSep 18, 2016 1:31 pm - Drugs made from living cells, instead of by mixing chemicals, have brought major advances since the late 1990s to the treatment of various cancers, immune system disorde...
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Asian stocks higher as Fed, Bank of Japan in focusSep 19, 2016 12:01 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian stock markets were moderately higher on Monday as investors awaited the outcome from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan policy meeting...
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Air Force base wildfire postpones hi-res satellite launchSep 19, 2016 12:01 am - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A wildfire burning at a central California Air Force base on Sunday forced the postponement of a satellite launch, officials sai...
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Pump problem? Ga. gov says he's received no complaintsSep 19, 2016 12:01 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The governor of Georgia said Sunday his office hasn't received any complaints of gas shortages within the state after a pipeline spill in central Alabama,...
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Amid hefty tourism drop, Turkey hopes to weather stormSep 18, 2016 4:01 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - With summer drawing to a close, Turkey is counting the cost of a tough year that saw a string of terrorist bombings and the fallout from a diplomatic spa...
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Explosive found in New York blast used for target shootingSep 18, 2016 6:31 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Residue from an explosive compound found at the scene of an explosion in a New York City neighborhood is unregulated and routinely used for target prac...
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Iran supports any move to stabilize global oil marketSep 18, 2016 7:01 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says his country supports any move to stabilize the oil market and improve oil prices. The Sunday report on the Irani...