Business Stories from October 26, 2015 (Change date)
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Ex-UN General Assembly head charged in bribe case is freedOct 26, 2015 6:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A former president of the United Nations General Assembly facing tax charges in a bribery case was released Monday on $1 million bail even as a prosecuto...
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House takes steps to revive Export-Import BankOct 26, 2015 7:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Monday took the first steps to revive the U.S. Export-Import Bank nearly four months after its charter expired. The 246-177 vote set the s...
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Promise of Mongolia mining boom lures consumer brandsOct 26, 2015 7:31 am - ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) - Burger King has opened its first store in sparsely populated Mongolia, joining companies from Pizza Hut to Porsche in anticipating an econom...
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Homeowners faced with big bills to fix dams deemed unsafeOct 26, 2015 3:01 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - People who live around dozens of lakes in South Carolina are under emergency orders to repair or replace dams that ruptured or were deemed unsafe b...
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Corporate deals set to rise despite global economy jittersOct 26, 2015 7:31 am - LONDON (AP) - There is no let-up in executives' appetite for corporate takeovers despite volatility in the stock market and mounting concerns over the global economy, pa...
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Some big UK firms to use 'blind recruitment' to reduce biasOct 27, 2015 6:29 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's civil service and several major companies have agreed to recruit university graduates and apprentices without knowing the applicants' names in an...
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Ex-adviser gets 2.5 years in prison in $1.2B Ponzi schemeOct 26, 2015 1:01 pm - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A former investment adviser has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for his role in the $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme operated by disbarred at...
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New Albany's Sonoco packaging plant to close in AugustOct 26, 2015 1:34 pm - NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana plant that makes packaging for an adjacent Pillsbury plant will close by next summer, idling nearly 80 workers. Sonoco recentl...
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Bridgestone buying Pep Boys for about $835 millionOct 26, 2015 8:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tire and auto service company Bridgestone is buying auto parts and repair company Pep Boys in a deal that will help it gain a more dominant position. The...
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EPA: Remedy to landfill fire to come in 2015Oct 26, 2015 7:30 pm - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A plan to make sure an underground St. Louis-area landfill fire doesn't reach a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste buried nearby will come before the e...
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