Business Stories from April 5, 2016 (Change date)
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GOP appeal to conservatives with health care, immigrant cutsApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to win over conservatives, House Republicans are sweetening their budget proposal by putting several programs on the chopping block, including P...
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San Francisco approves fully paid leave for new parentsApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco became the first place in the country Tuesday to require businesses to provide fully paid leave for new parents in what was hailed as ...
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Despite global outcry, tackling tax havens is a tough taskApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - There's one part of the British Empire on which the sun still does not set: its tax havens. Britain's former world dominance has left it with a string of t...
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McDonald's in Thailand blames rat sighting on local sewersApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - McDonald's in Thailand has apologized to customers after a video surfaced online showing a large rat scurrying around a dessert counter at one of its rest...
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Kansas City, St. Louis voters renew cities' earnings taxesApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Voters in Missouri's two biggest cities overwhelmingly renewed a decades-old earnings tax for the second time in five years, siding with their ma...
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Vietnam warns of dire impact from planned Mekong damsApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - Research commissioned by Vietnam has warned of devastating environmental and economic effects for millions of people living along the Mekong River if 11 proposed dams ar...
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Nielsen says 14.2 million watched 'Dead' cliffhangerApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A cliffhanger ending to its sixth season fascinated more than 14 million viewers of "The Walking Dead," although AMC's blockbuster hit continued to show ...
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Police arrest French protesters angry over labor law changesApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Protesters threw stones in Paris and French police sprayed tear gas during new strikes and demonstrations against proposed changes to France's work week and...
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3 sent to prison in massive $100M ID theft-tax fraud caseApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Three people convicted of operating an estimated $100 million tax refund fraud operation that stands as one of the largest ever uncovered na...
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Merkel: Write-down of debt for Greece not legally possibleApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a so-called debt haircut for Greece is not possible under eurozone regulations. Speaking in Berlin Tuesday evening aft...