Business Stories from March 9, 2015 (Change date)
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Aircraft makers urge ban on lithium battery shipmentsMar 10, 2015 8:57 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Aircraft makers are urging a ban on bulk lithium battery shipments on passenger planes, calling the threat of fires "an unacceptable risk," according t...
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Spate of oil train derailments raises safety concernsMar 11, 2015 7:13 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in the U.S. and Canada since mid-February, rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterway...
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Obama calls for more rights for struggling student borrowersMar 10, 2015 2:34 pm - ATLANTA (AP) - Issuing a clarion call to Americans saddled by student debt, President Barack Obama urged student borrowers Tuesday to stand up for their rights, and anno...
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Judge: Man charged in Facebook fraud case apparently fledMar 10, 2015 2:04 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A New York man has apparently escaped his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled rather than face charges that he fraudulently claimed an ownership stak...
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Sweden ends weapons deal with Saudi ArabiaMar 10, 2015 2:34 pm - STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Swedish government says it will not renew a contentious weapons deal with Saudi Arabia. Tuesday's announcement comes amid a widening diplomatic rift...
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CommerceWest Bank in $4.9M deal with US to settle fraud caseMar 10, 2015 6:34 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - CommerceWest Bank has agreed to a $4.9 million federal settlement of a consumer fraud case involving unauthorized withdrawals from customer accounts. W...
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Dubai migrant workers hold rare strike to demand bonusesMar 10, 2015 10:34 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Several hundred South Asian migrant workers held a rare protest Tuesday in the heart of Dubai's ritzy downtown, temporarily blocking t...
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APNewsBreak: Firefighting plan aims to protect West habitatMar 10, 2015 11:04 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has released the initial plan for a new wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West...
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Actor who played no-nonsense beer delivery man dies at 36Mar 10, 2015 4:34 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Windell Middlebrooks, an actor who gained TV commercial stardom as a burly, no-nonsense beer delivery man who confiscated the brew from undeserving sn...
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Apple's Tim Cook cites record sales and "unbelievable" yearMar 10, 2015 4:04 pm - CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple CEO Tim Cook took a figurative victory lap at his company's annual shareholder meeting, one day after he announced details about the new s...