Business Stories from February 25, 2016 (Change date)
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Washington's new apple joining a changing industryFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - Blanketed by winter snow, orchards are mostly idle around central Washington, the production hub of the nation's top apple producing state. But i...
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Numbers reveal movies with diverse casts make more moneyFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A UCLA study has found that films and television shows whose casts roughly reflect the nation's racial and ethnic diversity post the highest box offic...
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GOP leaders sideline air traffic control privatization planFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leaders are sidelining a bill that would wrest responsibility for running the nation's air traffic control system from the government and tu...
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China facing pressure to reassure on economy at G-20 meetingFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China faces pressure to reassure nervous world markets about its economic and currency management at Friday's gathering in Shanghai of finance ministers a...
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Broker convicted in $147M Ponzi scheme headed to prisonFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island financial broker is headed to prison and has been ordered to pay back investors nearly $180 million. Newsday reports (http://nws...
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Biden: Campaign rhetoric on Mexico 'dangerous, damaging'Feb 25, 2016 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that some U.S. campaign rhetoric about Mexico and immigrants has been "dangerous, damaging and incredibly ill-a...
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MetLife, known for life insurance, may part with its agentsFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - MetLife is in talks to part ways with the life insurance agents who long defined one of the world's biggest life insurance companies. The unit that the c...
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Venezuela ends mining dispute, starts joint ventureFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela has ended a years-long dispute with the Canadian mining company Gold Reserve, and will be embarking on a joint venture with it. Gold ...
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Circus operator contesting fine over deadly tent collapseFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A Florida-based circus operator is contesting more than $33,000 in fines proposed by federal safety officials for a tent collapse that killed two pe...
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Halliburton to cut another 5,000 jobs amid oil slumpFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Halliburton Co., which provides well-drilling services for oil companies, is cutting 5,000 more jobs as the industry continues to struggle with slumping o...