Business Stories from March 18, 2016 (Change date)
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Walgreens Boots buys bigger stake in AmerisourceBergenMar 18, 2016 4:03 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Friday said that it is spending nearly $1.2 billion to build its stake in AmerisourceBergen, the pharmaceutical wholesaler ...
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Bangladesh Bank heist shows weak spots in finance safeguardsMar 18, 2016 6:30 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The laundering through the Philippines of $81 million stolen by hackers from a U.S. Federal Reserve account is adding to pressures on the Sout...
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Grain lower, livestock mixedMar 18, 2016 10:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery declined 12 cents at $4.6160 a bushel; May corn was...
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Alabama begins work on beachfront hotel using BP moneyMar 19, 2016 6:07 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - After a court fight and years of trying to rebuild a beachfront lodge destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Alabama has begun construction on a mu...
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Market finishes 5th week of gains, turning S&P 500 positiveMar 18, 2016 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Another strong gain for stocks Friday extended the market's recovery from a dismal start to the year to a fifth week in a row. The Standard and Poor's 50...
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L.L. Bean reports flat sales in tough year for retailersMar 18, 2016 5:01 pm - FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - Outdoors specialty retailer L.L. Bean on Friday reported flat sales in 2015, which was a tough year for the retail industry, especially clothing r...
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Business leaders oppose Missouri religious objections billMar 18, 2016 3:31 pm - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Top executives from some of the St. Louis area's largest companies said Friday that Missouri's proposed religious freedom law could have a devastating i...
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Wal-Mart milk plant near Fort Wayne to employ 200 workersMar 18, 2016 8:01 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Wal-Mart plans to build a multi-million-dollar milk processing plant on 80 acres of farmland south of Fort Wayne International Airport. A company...
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Court acquits ex-Porsche executives over VW bidMar 19, 2016 6:07 am - BERLIN (AP) - A German court acquitted Friday former Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking and his ex-finance chief of charges of market manipulation connected to the sports ca...
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FIFA inks WCup deal with Chinese sponsor linked to BlatterMar 18, 2016 1:31 pm - ZURICH (AP) - FIFA signed its first World Cup sponsor in more than two scandal-hit years on Friday, agreeing to a four-tournament deal with a Chinese conglomerate that h...
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