Business Stories from February 2, 2016 (Change date)
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Prosecutor smells crime, charges utility for huge gas leakFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles prosecutors filed misdemeanor criminal charges Tuesday against a utility for failing to immediately report a natural gas leak that has bee...
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Alphabet comes before Apple as world's most valuable companyFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Alphabet now comes before Apple atop the list of the world's most valuable companies. Shares of Google's parent company are pulling ahead of Apple i...
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Nintendo's quarterly profit slips 36 percent on lower salesFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Nintendo Co. reported a 36 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday after lackluster video game sales for the year-end holiday shopping season. The Japan...
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UConn setting up living-learning community for black menFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The University of Connecticut is creating a community for black men inside a new dorm on its campus, following the lead of some other predominantly ...
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Iran signs deal to buy 20 more airplanesFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's national air carrier has signed an agreement to buy 20 new passenger airplanes with an option for 20 more from French-Italian aircraft manufac...
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Takata panel finds problems with its quality processesFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Embattled air bag maker Takata Corp. lacks processes that would improve the quality of its products, including air bag inflators that have been blamed for...
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Companies release Super Bowl ads to maximize exposureFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - With Super Bowl Sunday less than a week away, a flurry of advertisers including Budweiser and LG Electronics have already released their game-day ads in ...
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Toyota recalls 320,000 trucks and SUVs for air bag problemFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Toyota is recalling about 320,000 trucks and SUVs because the roof-mounted air bags can inflate without a crash. The recall covers the 2005 and 2006 Toyot...
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Pfizer earnings fall but tops Street 4Q forecastsFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - Pfizer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit fell by half due to higher costs for production, administration and restructuring, but new revenue from an acquisition helped the wor...
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US Bank CEO on economy, interest rates, vanishing branchesFeb 02, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Richard Davis, the chief executive of regional banking giant U.S. Bank, took his job at a terrible time: late 2006, just months before the housing bubble...