Business Stories from October 9, 2015 (Change date)
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Alcoa and Gap are big market moversOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Alcoa Inc., down 75 cents to $1...
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Glencore shares storm ahead on zinc cutback newsOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Shares in commodities group Glencore rose strongly Friday after the company said it is slashing its zinc production by a third and cutting jobs in response...
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Airlines begin applying tax hike on flights departing EgyptOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's aviation minister says airlines have begun applying a tax increase on all flights out of the country. The tax increase, which went into effect on Fr...
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Oregon pot stores sell more than $11 million in first 5 daysOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Retailers sold more than $11 million of marijuana during Oregon's first week of legal recreational sales, outpacing the early business done in other s...
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$2M bail set for diplomat charged in UN bribery caseOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Over a prosecutor's objection, bail was set at $2 million Friday for a Dominican Republic diplomat arrested in a bribe-related criminal case that also la...
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Finance officials to clamp down on multinational tax evasionOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - Finance officials from the world's 20 biggest economies have committed to toughening laws and boosting cross-border cooperation to prevent multinationa...
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US stocks open higher, on track for best week this yearOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are opening modestly higher, keeping the market on track for its best week this year. Mining companies were among the early gainers Friday. N...
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Judge approves for $338M oil train settlementOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a $338 million settlement fund for victims of the fiery 2013 oil train derailment that claimed 47 lives...
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Celebration of Peru's economic boom comes lateOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The world's top finance officials lavished praise on Peru's "economic miracle" this week, lauding it for cutting poverty by half during a decade-long b...
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New California law extends privacy rights to electronic dataOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - California will require police to get a court order before they can search messages, photos and other digital data stored on phones or company servers in...