Business Stories from August 20, 2017 (Change date)
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Danish Home Sponsors Personify Gold Standard in GivingAug 22, 2017 7:12 am - His Danish accent still discernible after 52 years of living in Chicagoland, Peter Orum speaks earnestly of the importance of giving back. Gold sponsors of The Danish Ho...
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Is America becoming a nation of renters?Aug 22, 2017 8:17 am - A big Wall Street firm is betting that America is likely to become the United States of Renters. Recently, private equity behemoth Blackstone announced a major merger of...
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Sequoia Fund's epic winning streak on Wall Street - then one ugly lossAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - The financial whizzes cocooned in the serene offices of the Sequoia Fund atop one of New York's iconic office buildings seem far removed from the noise of the city far b...
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Eclipse offers power companies opportunity for experimentsAug 22, 2017 10:53 am - Turns out the solar eclipse, set to plunge parts of the U.S. into total darkness on Monday, will offer exactly what the power sector's been looking for: a completely pre...
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Americans are buying more food at WalmartAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - Competition is heating up among U.S. grocery chains, but Americans are increasingly buying their food at Walmart. The retailer on Thursday said food sales had grown to t...
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There's a shock ahead for sugar industryAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - Cutting back on sugar? So is much of the world. The change can be attributed to several factors, according to a new report from Rabobank, including warnings about rising...
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What you need to know about NAFTA as it goes through a quarter-life crisisAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - NAFTA: The trade pact has stirred debate and controversy for more than two decades. President Donald Trump used the North American Free Trade Agreement as a lightning ro...
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When CEOs sound more like the president than the actual presidentAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - The statements came in first with a bang, then a softening - and finally an implosion. One by one, the nation's corporate titans weighed in on President Donald Trump's r...
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Lewis' MDA telethons were full of emotion, star appearancesAug 20, 2017 4:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Lewis, whose career as producer-director-writer and movie star peaked in the 1960s, may be best remembered by younger generations for the muscul...
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'The Hitman's Bodyguard' outdoes 'Logan Lucky' at box officeAug 23, 2017 6:05 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Critics loved "Logan Lucky" and gave a big collective shrug to "The Hitman's Bodyguard," but when it came to the test of the marketplace, audiences we...
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