Business Stories from March 1, 2016 (Change date)
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Grain mixed, livestock lowerMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was 2.50 cents lower at $4.4220 a bushel; March ...
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Labels on genetically modified foods? Not so fastMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - States could no longer require labeling of genetically modified foods under legislation approved by a Senate panel. The Senate Agriculture Committee vo...
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$1M Turing Award winners advocate for encryptionMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's $1 million A.M. Turing Award goes to a pair of cryptographers whose ideas helped make the Internet possible. Both men say giving governments ...
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US creditors: More time needed for Argentina to seal dealsMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for a majority of U.S. creditors settling with Argentina over longstanding debts asked a judge Tuesday to keep orders protecting them in place fo...
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New FDA chief cites promise of harder-to-abuse pain drugsMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration's new commissioner is pledging to fully back efforts to develop harder-to-abuse painkillers, part of a sweeping govern...
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Asian stocks jump cheered by Wall Street after economic dataMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian stocks jumped Wednesday after encouraging signs of strength in the U.S. economy sent shares higher on Wall Street. KEEPING SCORE: A weak yen added to ...
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Factory activity shrinks in US, China in FebruaryMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Factory activity in the United States and China - the world's top two economies - slowed in February, reflecting and contributing to worldwide economic...
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Malaysian PM Najib denies fund gave him about $1 billionMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak rejected a new report Tuesday that a state investment fund likely funneled close to a billion dollars ...
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Worker struck, killed by 1-ton garbage bale in PhiladelphiaMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities say a worker was fatally struck by a one-ton garbage bale at a Philadelphia trash-transfer station. Police say the 42-year-old man was st...
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UK government revises draft Internet spy law after criticismMar 01, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The British government says it has amended a proposed Internet surveillance law to strengthen privacy protections after criticism from lawmakers. But criti...