Business Stories from March 7, 2016 (Change date)
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US appeals ruling on accessing data in New York iPhone caseMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling a New York judge's ruling "an unprecedented limitation" on judicial authority, the Justice Department asked a Brooklyn federal court on Monday ...
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Unions agree to build affordable apartments for less payMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Unions representing construction workers in Boston have agreed to work for lower pay on projects that will provide more affordable rental housing. The Metr...
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Rates fall at weekly US Treasury auctionMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills dropping to their lowest level in three weeks. The...
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Supreme Court rejects Apple appeal over electronic booksMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Apple Inc. Monday and left in place a ruling that the company conspired with publishers to raise electronic b...
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Pennsylvania governor raising minimum wage for state workersMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf raised the minimum wage by nearly $3 an hour, to $10.15, for state government employees and workers on jobs contracted ...
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Wartsila finds employees manipulated fuel consumption testsMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Finnish ship turbine and power plant maker Wartsila Corp. says some personnel have manipulated the results of fuel consumption tests conducted on its mar...
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Exelon, Pepco offer new proposal to get $6.8B deal approvedMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Exelon, in an effort to get its $6.8 billion buyout of Pepco approved, offered a new proposal Monday that it hopes will win the last regulator's support....
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Navy SEALs tell congressman there is a combat rifle shortageMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The tip of the spear may be losing its edge. Navy SEAL teams don't have enough combat rifles to go around, even as these highly trained forces are reli...
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Naperville man leaves corporate world, establishes his own investment businessMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - Noland Langford spent about 15 years in the investment industry before he decided it was time to launch his own investment and wealth management business. "It was time ...
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US consumer borrowing growth slows in JanuaryMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumers bumped up their borrowing in January at the slowest rate pace in nearly three years, as outstanding revolving debt - such as credit card...