Business Stories from February 25, 2016 (Change date)
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Malaysian woman sues over Flight 370, more lawsuits expectedFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A woman who lost her husband on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 sued the airline and the government Thursday at the beginning of an expected r...
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Lawsuit filed over cruise ship battered by storm in AtlanticFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - A passenger from a cruise ship that was battered by a major storm in the Atlantic Ocean filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Royal Caribbean in Mia...
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China rules out weakening yuan to boost tradeFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - SHANGHAI (AP) - China's central bank chief promised Friday to avoid weakening its yuan to boost sagging exports as he tried to reassure nervous financial markets about h...
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Companies experiment with build-your-own smartphone programsFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If you could build your dream smartphone, what would it look like? Now suppose you could put it together yourself. That's the promise of modular design, ...
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Sears reports 4Q lossFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) - Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) on Thursday reported a loss of $580 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Hoffman Esta...
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Tax group blasts Pfizer, urges stop to its tax-cutting dealFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - A consumer group is accusing Pfizer of seeking to avoid $35 billion in U.S. taxes with its plan to buy fellow drugmaker Allergan in a deal structured to nominally move P...
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Repsol sinks deep into the red in Q4 after oil price hitFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Spanish energy company Repsol says it posted a net loss of 2.06 billion euros ($2.26 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2015 due primarily to a write-down o...
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German consumers confident despite migrant crisis, terrorismFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A closely-watched survey shows German consumer confidence is on the rise, despite concerns over the recent flood of migrants and ongoing threat of terroris...
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Grain lower, livestock mixedFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery was .50 cent lower at $4.5060 a bushel; May corn ...
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US stocks edge mostly higher in early tradingFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are eking out slight gains in early trading as the market builds on a modest climb from the day before. Several companies were moving higher in ea...