Business Stories from March 18, 2016 (Change date)
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Denmark's Bang & Olufsen joins forces with LG to produce TVsMar 18, 2016 4:31 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Denmark's high-end electronics company Bang & Olufsen is joining forces with South Korea's LG Electronics to make televisions that make use of...
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Walgreens spends nearly $1.2 B on AmerisourceBergen sharesMar 19, 2016 6:07 am - Walgreens is spending nearly $1.2 billion to build its stake in AmerisourceBergen, the pharmaceutical wholesaler that supplies its drugstores, mail order and specialty p...
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Convicted coal CEO says he doesn't have to detail financesMar 18, 2016 1:31 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Lawyers for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship say he can withhold personal financial information under a constitutional right to remain s...
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SoundCloud signs up last major label before service launchMar 18, 2016 3:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - SoundCloud, an online repository of free music and remixes, says it has signed a deal with the last of the major record labels, Sony, as it prepares to l...
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Starwood takes improved bid from AnbangMar 19, 2016 6:07 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Starwood called off a $12.2 billion buyout agreement with Marriott in favor of an offer from a group of investors led by the Chinese insurance company An...
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Recalls this week: lamps, LED lights, bicycle wheel hubsMar 18, 2016 2:30 pm - More than 30,000 table and floor lamps sold at Ikea are being recalled because of a potential shock hazard. Bicycle wheel hubs and LED lamps are also among this week's r...
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Johnson Controls CEO pushes back against Hillary Clinton adMar 18, 2016 4:00 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) - The chief executive of a Wisconsin company that came under fire from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for planning to shift its corpora...
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US rig count drops 4 this week to all-time low of 476Mar 18, 2016 3:31 pm - HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped 4 this week to 476, a record low and another sign of continuing price woes in the...
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Storied Czech glass blowing industry embraces reinventionMar 18, 2016 9:01 am - PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech glass making industry, with a history dating to the 12th century, is embracing new technologies and marketing strategies to help it rebound from ...
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Attackers fire rockets at gas facility in Algerian SaharaMar 18, 2016 11:31 am - ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - At least two attackers fired rockets at a gas facility in the Sahara Desert in Algeria early Friday, Algerian officials said. They called the att...