Business Stories from December 4, 2015 (Change date)
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AP Interview: UN climate chief to negotiators: sleep, focusDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - LE BOURGET, France (AP) - The head of the U.N. climate change agency says high-intensity negotiations in Paris are on track so far and says her biggest concern now is th...
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Norfolk Southern rejects Canadian Pacific's merger proposalDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Norfolk Southern has rejected Canadian Pacific's cash-and-stock proposal to combine the two railroads, saying the offer is inadequate and has regulat...
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Ear, ear: Maine town celebrates inventor of the earmuffDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - FARMINGTON, Maine (AP) - Earmuffs have come a long way in 142 years. Chester Greenwood was a 15-year-old bestowed with generous ears when he decided he had had enough of...
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Texas AG: Board of Ed can't control local textbook adoptionDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas attorney general said Friday that the Board of Education can't tell local school districts what textbooks to adopt for their classrooms, i...
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Avon shares gain ground on reports of Cerberus interestDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Avon Products Inc. jumped Friday as multiple media reports said the beauty products company is considering selling its North American business ...
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Weather forces 2nd delay for critical space station shipmentDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For the second day in a row, poor weather stalled a critical space station delivery for NASA on Friday. An unmanned Atlas rocket stood ready ...
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Dream of being a bird? Flight simulator can bring you closeDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - With a few flaps of his arms, Kip Fenton soared into the New York City skyline, veering around a sea of skyscrapers as the wind whistled in his e...
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Strong job gains send US stock market sharply higherDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market surged to its biggest gain since early September Friday after another strong month of hiring by U.S. employers. The solid news on the ec...
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Coal community takes little solace in ex-CEO's convictionDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - WHITESVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A 48-foot black granite monument with life-size silhouettes of 29 fallen miners defines this small Appalachian town, just downhill from the sit...
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Volkswagen car sales drop 20 percent in UK after scandalDec 04, 2015 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Volkswagen car sales in Britain dropped by almost 20 percent in November compared with a year earlier as the company's emissions testing scandal took a tol...