Business Stories from March 23, 2016 (Change date)
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Starbucks to offer prepaid cards to boost rewards programMar 23, 2016 4:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks says it will introduce a prepaid card by the end of the year that lets people earn points for its rewards program. The Seattle-based company pl...
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The Latest: Officials: Paris bombmaker among Brussels deadMar 23, 2016 3:31 pm - BRUSSELS (AP) - The Latest on the attacks in Brussels and related investigations (all times local): 9:05 p.m. Two officials say the suspected bombmaker in the Paris atta...
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Hyundai restyles 2017 Elantra to look like a luxury vehicleMar 23, 2016 10:00 am - 2017 Hyundai Elantra Limited BASE PRICE: $17,150 for SE manual; $18,150 for SE automatic; $22,350 for Limited. PRICE AS TESTED: $27,710. TYPE: Front-engine, front-wheel ...
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German government advisers trim economic growth forecastMar 23, 2016 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The German government's independent panel of economic advisers is trimming its growth forecast this year to 1.5 percent, citing growing risks to exports. T...
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Report: HealthCare.gov logged 316 cybersecurity incidentsMar 23, 2016 1:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The web portal used by millions of consumers to get health insurance under President Barack Obama's law has logged more than 300 cybersecurity incident...
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Anti-drilling protesters shout, disrupt oil, gas lease saleMar 23, 2016 4:01 pm - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Protesters opposed to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico disrupted an oil and gas lease sale Wednesday, chanting and waving signs as government officials ...
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Nike and Newmont Mining fall; Pepco, Health Net riseMar 23, 2016 4:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: NYSE Nike Inc., down $2.46 to $62...
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Feds order thousands of unsafe tractor trucks off the roadMar 23, 2016 4:01 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is ordering federal and state inspectors to remove certain Volvo tractor trucks from the road because of a steering wheel defect that ca...
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The consumer tablet is dying; long live the business tabletMar 24, 2016 5:46 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tablets may never again be the consumer sensation they once were, but they are finding new life among professionals. Apple took aim at that market in ann...
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The Latest: Protesters disrupt oil and gas lease saleMar 23, 2016 10:30 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Latest on a federal government auction of leases for oil and gas tracts in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local): 11:a.m. Dozens of environmental p...