Business Stories from February 18, 2016 (Change date)
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California declares massive natural gas leak sealedFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A blowout at a natural gas well that spewed massive amounts of climate-changing methane for nearly four months and drove thousands of Los Angeles fami...
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Brazil's central bank says economy shrank 4.08 pct in 2015Feb 18, 2016 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's central bank said Thursday the economy contracted 4.08 percent in 2015, the worst performance since the indicator was created in 2003. The...
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Making soda cool: Coke, Pepsi try giving soda hipster appealFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Coke and Pepsi want to shake their Big Gulp image and cultivate a more hipster appeal. The two soda giants are trying to rehabilitate soda's cheap image ...
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The Latest: Oregon House approves minimum wage increaseFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Latest on a debate to raise the minimum wage in in Oregon using a three-tiered system (all times local): 4:15 p.m. The Oregon House of Representat...
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Venezuela taking tiny steps toward fixing economyFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced long-awaited economic reforms, but analysts say they'll barely have any effect in rescuing t...
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Feds want circus operator fined for deadly tent collapseFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Federal safety officials have proposed more than $33,000 in fines against a Florida-based circus operator for a tent collapse that killed two people...
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Panasonic decides to recognize employee's same-sex marriagesFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it will recognize same-sex marriages in its employment policies in a rare move for a major Japanese manufacturer. Although det...
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Apple Pay launches in China where e-payments widely usedFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its smartphone-based payment system in China, where the electronic payments market is already dominated by an arm of e-com...
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China says ICBC bank to help Spanish police in fraud probeFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - MADRID (AP) - China says its state-owned ICBC bank will cooperate with Spanish authorities investigating it in a money laundering and tax fraud probe that has led to the...
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Grain lower, livestock higherFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was 2.50 cents lower at $4.6560 a bushel; March...