Business Stories from December 31, 2015 (Change date)
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Montana mine lays off workers as coal industry slumpsDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana coal mine cut 66 jobs and is slashing production amid an industrywide slowdown that's starting to affect the largest coal-producing regi...
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'Jurassic World,' 'Star Wars' lead top 10 movies of 2015Dec 31, 2015 6:00 am - Dinosaurs, Jedi and superheroes dominated the 2015 box office year, now the highest ever recorded, with over $11 billion in ticket sales. The top 10 movies at U.S. and ...
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Most of us OK with gov't spying on usDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A majority of Americans say they support warrantless government surveillance of the Internet communications of U.S. citizens, according to a new poll b...
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BBC says website knocked down due to apparent attackDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - BBC says its main news website and other sites were knocked offline due to an attack. Service was out for more than three hours Thursday. Users received an...
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AP EXPLAINS: How much money you just saved on gas in 2015Dec 31, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. drivers saved a bunch of money on gasoline this past year, as Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members kept the pumps going in the face of low oil prices...
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US stocks edge lower; S&P 500 goes red for the yearDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday, capping the worst year for the market since 2008. The Standard & Poor's 500 index ended essentially flat for the year after the day...
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US stocks end 2015 mostly flat, capping volatile yearDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - The U.S. stock market took investors for a wild ride in 2015, but in the end it was a trip to nowhere. Despite veering between record highs and the steepest dive in four...
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Police: Cruise ship worker dies in elevator accidentDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - An electrician aboard the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship was killed while working on an elevator during the final leg of a three-day cruise from Miami. Miami-...
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US stocks edge lower, pulling S&P 500 into red for the yearDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - Stocks are opening slightly lower on the last day of the year as the market heads for a sluggish end to 2015. The modest losses in early trading Thursday dragged the Sta...
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Swift's world tour tops Pollstar's 2015 list with $250.4MDec 31, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor Swift's star-studded "1989 World Tour" topped Pollstar's list of worldwide tours of the year, grossing $250.4 million. Swift's tour grossed $70 mi...