Business Stories from March 17, 2015 (Change date)
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Indiana lawmakers move to preemptively ban powdered alcoholMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana could ban powdered alcohol before it even has a chance to hit store shelves, as a House committee voted unanimously Wednesday not to allow th...
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Labor secretary says new overtime rules coming soonMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Labor Secretary Tom Perez told Congress on Wednesday that his agency is still working on President Barack Obama's directive a year ago that the departm...
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Police cars torched at anti-austerity protest in GermanyMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Protesters torched police cars and threw stones at officers during anti-austerity protests ahead of the inauguration ceremony for the European ...
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10 things you might not know about MonopolyMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - 1. Charles Darrow of Philadelphia developed the game in 1933 and sold it to Parker Brothers on March 19, 1935. A stenographer and actress, Eli...
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Swiss return to Brazil $120 million from Petrobras probeMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - Swiss authorities say they are handing over to Brazil more than $120 million that were frozen as part of corruption probes involving state-run oil company ...
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T-Mobile turns its focus to small businesses with new offersMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile wants to change how businesses buy phones and wireless services - two years after it changed how consumers do so. T-Mobile says its new business...
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over Mayflower oil spillMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil over a 2013 oil spill in Mayflower, finding that he was wrong in granting class-acti...
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Mexican state moves against farmworkers protest, arrests 200Mar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Police arrested more than 200 people in the Mexican border state of Baja California in a bid to quash protests and road blockages by farmworkers deman...
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FedEx 3Q profit jumps, but revenue, outlook disappointMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - FedEx Corp.'s third-quarter profit jumped more than 50 percent and beat Wall Street expectations on a mix of volume growth and lower fuel costs. The Memp...
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Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates launch anti-tobacco legal fundMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates are launching a fund to help low- and middle-income countries figh...