Business Stories from February 1, 2016 (Change date)
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Box Office Top 20: 'Kung Fu Panda 3' dethrones 'Revenant'Feb 01, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Kung Fu Panda 3" punched "The Revenant" back to its second place spot over the weekend. The animated sequel brought in a robust $41.3 million - which...
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Insurer Aetna lays out concerns about ACA exchange businessFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - Aetna has joined other major health insurers in sounding a warning about the Affordable Care Act's public insurance exchanges. The nation's third-largest insurer said Mo...
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Questar and Alere are big market moversFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: NYSE Questar Corp., up $4.60 to $24....
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US manufacturing weakens in line with China factory slowdownFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Factory activity in the world's two biggest economies - the United States and China - slowed in January, a discouraging trend for the global economy. U...
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Music festival promoter SFX files for bankruptcy protectionFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The company behind the Electric Zoo and Tomorrowland music festivals has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. New York-based SFX Entertainment Inc...
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Ex-official gets probation, fine in West Virginia chem spillFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former environmental consultant at a chemical distributor was sentenced to three years' probation and fined $10,000 Monday for a 2014 chemical...
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Dominion Resources buying Questar for about $4.4 billionFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dominion Resources will spend approximately $4.4 billion to acquire Questar in a big reach to the West for the East Coast energy company. Dominion is a p...
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US consumer spending flat, savings rate at 3-year highFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumers kept their spending flat in December and instead boosted their savings rate to the highest level in three years. Consumer spending was u...
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Greece enters new round of bailout talks amid union unrestFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The Greek government launched a new round of negotiations with rescue creditors Monday over the course of the country's latest bailout program, ami...
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Demotions overturned for VA officials accused in job scamFeb 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal judges have overturned decisions by the Department of Veterans Affairs to demote two senior officials accused of manipulating the agency's hiri...