Business Stories from March 20, 2016 (Change date)
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Facebook's Zuckerberg meets with China's propaganda chiefMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a rare meeting with China's propaganda chief, at a time when Chinese authorities are tightening control over...
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Rift in Britain's ruling Conservative Party deepensMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The rift within Britain's government deepened Sunday, as a prominent minister who resigned over plans to cut benefits for the disabled said the ruling part...
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Sherwin-Williams buying rival Valspar for $9 billionMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sherwin-Williams, which has long claimed to "cover the Earth" with its paints, is buying rival Valspar for about $9 billion in a move that it says will...
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Scalia's death could affect politically tinged casesMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Challengers in two politically tinged cases before the Supreme Court this week face the seemingly insurmountable problem of being unable to count to fi...
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'Zootopia' tramples 'Allegiant,' a 'Divergent' series lowMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Zootopia" continues to run wild over its rivals in its third weekend in theaters, stomping all over the launch of "Allegiant," the third film in the ...
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Iraq exports first natural gas shipment in its historyMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq on Sunday exported the first shipment of natural gas in its history, a key development for the OPEC member struggling to feed a cash-strapped economy...
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Gas prices jump by 17 cents over past 2 weeks, to $2.02Mar 20, 2016 7:00 am - CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - The average price of gasoline has jumped by 17 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.02 a gallon for regular grade. Industry analyst Trilby Lundb...
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Chinese planner promises foreign companies access to marketsMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's top planner tried to reassure foreign companies they are welcome in its slowing, state-dominated economy in a speech Sunday aimed at dispelling gr...
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Russia: Black boxes from plane crash site are badly damagedMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - Aviation experts on Sunday began examining the black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that crashed amid high winds at an airport in southern R...
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Apple's latest product event isn't causing a big stirMar 20, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - It wouldn't be an Apple event without some hoopla. But the company's upcoming product announcement on Monday doesn't seem to be stirring much passio...