Business Stories from November 19, 2015 (Change date)
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Manslaughter charges filed in deadly 2012 platform blastNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted two companies on involuntary manslaughter charges and three people face charges in a deadly 2012 explosion on an oil pro...
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China cuts rates on loans to small businessesNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China cut interest rates Thursday on loans by small lenders that finance the country's entrepreneurs in a new move to shore up lackluster economic growth....
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After attacks, many Parisians embrace food, wine and friendsNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - In France, a glass of wine is many things: one of life's small pleasures, a civilized complement to food, a source of national pride. Now, it's also a symbo...
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Adele's '25' won't be available on Spotify or Apple MusicNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fans seeking to listen to Adele's new album won't be able to do so on Spotify or Apple Music. The streaming sites said Thursday that Adele's "25" will no...
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Wall Street feeling the chemistry with Match _ shares flyNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The owner of Tinder, Match.com and OKCupid is having a great first date with Wall Street. Shares of Match Group Inc. got a boost on their first day of tr...
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Drought in South Africa may devastate rooibos harvestNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A trade council says an ongoing drought in South Africa will devastate the rooibos tea harvest, which may lead to a 90 percent price increase. The Un...
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Ex-bosses at UK bank HBOS could face ban after reportNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A report into what went wrong in the run up to the 2008 collapse of HBOS has recommended that regulators ban former bosses at the British bank from working...
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Canadian newcomer Trudeau a fresh face among APEC leadersNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - He's younger than the next youngest leader by six years and nearly a full generation behind the 60-year-old average age of his Pacific Rim pee...
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Foreign owner ban scuttles Australia's biggest land saleNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A government ban on foreign investors buying a pioneering dynasty's collection of cattle ranches has scuttled Australia's biggest land sale, a...
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Stocks open mostly lower; UnitedHealth, Best Buy tumbleNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - Stocks are opening mostly lower as traders were disappointed with several corporate earnings and outlooks. UnitedHealth Group sank 6 percent early Thursday after the nat...