Business Stories from March 30, 2016 (Change date)
-
Valeant tries to delay release of financial statementsMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Troubled Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that it wants to delay the release of its financial statements by several weeks to avoid a default of its...
-
Global stocks advance as investors welcome Fed assuranceMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Global stocks rose and the dollar fell on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it will move slowly to raise interest rates. KEEPI...
-
Britain looks to avert layoffs at loss-making steel plantMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British authorities appealed for time Wednesday to save the country's biggest steel maker after parent company Tata Steel said it couldn't promise to keep ...
-
Trader Joe's settles cookie lawsuit with Pepperidge FarmMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A clash over chocolate-filled cookies has culminated in Trader Joe's settling a lawsuit filed by Pepperidge Farm. Norwalk, Connecticut-based Peppe...
-
Dubai approves new airport fee for improvementsMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Travelers flying out of Dubai's airports will pay a new fee to cover improvements at the long-haul hub, the city-state's crown prince ...
-
German-based retail, wholesale group Metro proposes splitMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - European retail and wholesale group Metro AG says it aims to split in two, separating its food and wholesale activities from its consumer electronics busin...
-
GE sell-off of financial assets goes onMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - General Electric's sell-off of its financial and lending operations continues, the latest a $485 million deal for its GE Asset Management. GE said last y...
-
High court sympathetic to property owners in wetlands caseMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to make it easier for private landowners to challenge in court a government designation of property as pro...
-
Microsoft pitches smart chats with computersMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft wants you to talk more with your computer - and have more useful conversations. The giant software company is promoting new uses for Corta...
-
'Fight for 15' campaign to target McDonald's stores April 14Mar 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's customers stopping in for a Big Mac on the eve of Tax Day may be greeted by demonstrators calling for pay of $15 an hour and a union. Labor or...