Business Stories from March 4, 2016 (Change date)
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Facebook set to pay more British tax after criticismMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Social media giant Facebook, which has been under fire in Britain for its tax arrangements, said Friday it will stop routing its British sales through Irel...
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Cleaner skies: Boeing designs self-sterilizing jet bathroomsMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Boeing engineers think they have a solution for smelly, grimy airplane bathrooms: ultraviolet light. The aircraft manufacturer has filed a patent for a s...
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Grain mixed, livestock mixedMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was 1.25 cents higher at $4.5440 a bushel; March ...
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall wed in LondonMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and model-actress Jerry Hall married Friday at an aristocratic palace in London. They were photographed emerging with smiles Fri...
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Recalls this week: radios, mugs, aquarium filtersMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - A line of weather radios that can overheat and post a fire hazard are among this week's recalled products. Others include mugs that have been mislabeled as being safe to...
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SpaceX launches satellite, but fails to land rocket on bargeMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX has another launch under its belt, but not another rocket landing. The leftover first-stage booster hit the floating platform hard Fri...
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Maine seafood, buoyed by lobsters, broke value record in '15Mar 04, 2016 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's lifeblood commercial fishing industry once again broke records for the value of marine species at the dock in 2015, state officials said. ...
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Women file lawsuit arguing New York tampon tax is unlawfulMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A group of women has filed a lawsuit accusing New York of unlawfully taxing tampons and other feminine hygiene products. The suit, which seeks class-acti...
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UN human rights chief warns of implications of Apple-FBI rowMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. authorities "risk unlocking a Pandora's Box" in their efforts to force Apple to create software to crack the security...
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Chick-fil-A to celebrate 2,000th restaurant with free breakfastMar 04, 2016 12:00 am - Area Chick-fil-A restaurants will join with the chain's locations across Illinois to celebrate Chick-fil-A opening its 2,000th location with a free breakfast giveaway on...