Business Stories from October 4, 2016 (Change date)
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Google gets aggressive with new phones, other gadgetsOct 05, 2016 6:07 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is ratcheting up its rivalry with Apple and Amazon in unveiling new smartphones and an internet-connected speaker sporting a digital assistan...
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Markets Right Now: Stocks end lower; Gold price dropsOct 04, 2016 3:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are closing broadly lower on Wall Street after an early gain f...
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Oregon teen's bandage invention wows Google judgesOct 04, 2016 3:01 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon teenager has invented a bandage that can tell doctors when it needs to be changed, impressing Google judges and securing a $15,000 schola...
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Get Started: House OKs overtime delay bill, sends to SenateOct 04, 2016 1:31 pm - OVERTIME RULES The U.S. House has passed a bill that would delay the implementation of federal regulations extending the right to earn overtime pay to an estimated 4.2 m...
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Futuristic Dubai dreams of hyperloop transit tubesOct 04, 2016 10:30 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A network of tubes whisking passengers across a country at close to the speed of sound may seem like a sci-fi pipe dream, but in the a...
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Millions leaving government insurance money on the table?Oct 04, 2016 1:01 pm - Millions of Americans who bought individual health insurance outside the Affordable Care Act's public exchanges may be leaving money on the table if they skip those mark...
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The Latest: Analysts are lukewarm about Google's new gadgetsOct 04, 2016 3:01 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Latest on Google's product event (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Analysts say Google's new lineup of phones, other devices and artificial intellig...
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Olive Garden sales improve, boosting parent company DardenOct 04, 2016 9:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Sales at Olive Garden improved in the latest quarter, helping parent company Darden post a higher quarterly profit from a year as it works to naviga...
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US asks judge to uphold cancellation of Montana energy leaseOct 04, 2016 1:01 pm - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Obama administration wants a federal judge to uphold its decision to block oil and gas drilling on land considered sacred to some tribes in th...
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As demand for cars falters, auto prices are poised to fallOct 04, 2016 4:01 pm - DETROIT (AP) - While the U.S. inched its way out of the Great Recession, consumers went car shopping in droves. As sales rebounded, the price of cars and trucks rose to ...