Business Stories from March 1, 2016 (Change date)
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Oscars black viewership held up better than overall audienceMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Don't blame the effort to promote an Oscars boycott among blacks because of diversity concerns for the drop in Academy Awards viewership this year. The N...
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US targets Puerto Rico companies in toxic pesticide caseMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. government on Tuesday filed complaints against a pest control company in Puerto Rico and two businessmen for the illegal use of a t...
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High court limits state power to gather health care dataMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says state officials can't force certain health insurers to turn over reams of data revealing how much they pay for medical claims. T...
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CBS News hires Josh Elliott for online news serviceMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - CBS News has hired former "Good Morning America" personality Josh Elliott to be an anchor on the network's CBSN online news service, and an occasional co...
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Argentine president: nation in bad shape but change comingMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine President Mauricio Macri painted a grim picture of the nation on Tuesday, telling Congress that the state is broke, drug traffic...
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Honeywell walks away from $90B bid for United TechnologiesMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Honeywell abandoned a bid worth more than $90 billion for rival United Technologies, saying it did not want to force a deal with an unwilling partner. Un...
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Barclays shares dive as bank restructures, sees profit fallMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Barclays saw its shares slide Tuesday after the bank revealed plans to split itself into two, simplify its operations and cut its dividend amid weaker earn...
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San Francisco raises age to buy tobacco to 21Mar 01, 2016 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to boost the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21, despite arguments from opponents t...
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Glencore claims it can deal with even lower commodity pricesMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Commodities group Glencore says its "rigorous" focus on reducing its debt allows it to cope with even lower raw material costs as it reports a 69-percent s...
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Japan study: A third of working women were sexually harassedMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese government study has found nearly a third of working women who responded to a survey reported being sexually harassed on the job, such as being s...