Business Stories from March 1, 2016 (Change date)
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Olympus to pay at least $646 million to end US probesMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Olympus Corp., the nation's largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment, will pay $646 million to resolve separate criminal and civil inv...
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EEOC files 1st sexual orientation discrimination casesMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says for the first time it has sued challenging sexual orientation discrimination, alleging two companies...
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Judge: Ex-Fannie Mae boss must face SEC-led civil trialMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A former Fannie Mae top executive must face a civil trial over Securities and Exchange Commission charges he misled investors about subprime mortgages be...
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Hungary limits access to data from post office, central bankMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary's parliament on Tuesday approved legal amendments restricting access to public information about the state-owned postal services, and bu...
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Chinese factories lose more momentum, surveys showMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - China's manufacturing outlook deteriorated in February, according to two surveys of factory activity released Tuesday, a day after Beijing loosened cred...
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Whiskey company Beam Suntory to leave Deerfield for ChicagoMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The alcohol maker Beam Suntory has announced that it will move its global headquarters to Chicago from suburban Deerfield by the end of next year. The spi...
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Following rivals, AT&T says DirecTV won't need a dish or boxMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Like other cable and satellite companies, AT&T is trying to win new customers by making it a little easier to sign up for and watch TV. It said Tuesday t...
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US construction spending up 1.5 percent in JanuaryMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending increased in January by the largest amount in eight months as weakness in homebuilding was offset by a solid rebound in nonr...
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How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on TuesdayMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks roared to their best day in more than a month Tuesday as investors hit the "buy" button following some encouraging signs of strength in the U.S. e...
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German jobless rate dips to 6.6 percent in FebruaryMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Germany's unemployment rate dipped to 6.6 percent last month thanks to sustained growth in Europe's biggest economy and relatively mild winter weather. The...