Business Stories from March 4, 2016 (Change date)
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Harvard awards journalism prize to The Associated PressMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Journalists from The Associated Press who uncovered extensive slave labor in the Thai seafood industry won an investigative reporting prize from ...
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MTN profits down 37 percent in 2015, blames Nigeria fineMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - African telecommunications giant MTN says profits fell 37 percent in 2015 largely because of a hefty fine imposed by Nigerian regulators. The South...
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Fed proposes rules to boost stability of financial systemMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve has put forward new rules aimed at addressing one of the primary causes of the 2008 financial crisis - the financial exposures that...
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The Latest: China's premier pledges support for HK leaderMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China is kicking off its rubberstamp parliament session, the main event on its political calendar, on Saturday. The gathering of nearly 3,000 delegates in...
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US likely to report another month of solid hiring for Feb.Mar 04, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. workers have been largely insulated from a global slowdown. Job growth remains steady and wages are finally picking up - trends that will be put t...
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Investor agrees to guilty plea in philanthropist fraud caseMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The president of a western Michigan investment firm has agreed to plead guilty to stealing roughly $16 million from prominent philanthropist E...
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Feds: Pennsylvania man pirated movie audio at drive-inMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man accused of pirating audio of the Cameron Diaz movie "Sex Tape" at a Pennsylvania drive-in was arraigned Thursday on charges stemming from what pr...
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Amazon confirms local data encryption gone on Fire tabletsMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon has confirmed it removed the ability to encrypt locally stored data on its Fire tablets, saying that customers weren't using the service. The chan...
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New plan to clean river polluted where Agent Orange was madeMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The federal government has unveiled a revised plan to clean up a heavily contaminated stretch of a river where Agent Orange was made. The plan, unvei...
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Prosecutor: iPhone could ID unknown San Bernardino attackerMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Information contained in an encrypted iPhone could help finally answer whether there was a third assailant in the San Bernardino terror attack that ki...