Business Stories from April 8, 2016 (Change date)
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3 killed in Alaska plane crash; searchers find 1 survivorApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A woman is the lone survivor after a small commercial airplane carrying four people crashed Friday on a southeast Alaska island, according to the h...
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Starboard attempts a coup at DepomedApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - Activist investor Starboard Value is bringing its next boardroom coup attempt to Depomed, asking shareholders to replace all the pain drugmaker's directors with those of...
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Twitter names PepsiCo CFO to its board of directorsApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter has appointed PepsiCo's chief financial officer to its board. Hugh Johnston has served as PepsiCo Inc.'s CFO since 2010. The 54-year-old executiv...
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The Latest: Archdiocese vs. insurer in priest abuse casesApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Latest about a lawsuit against an insurance company for refusing to reimburse a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Connecticut for payments it made...
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Cost of mailing a letter drops to 47 cents beginning SundayApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The cost of mailing a letter is going down. Beginning Sunday, the price of a first-class stamp drops two cents, to 47 cents. The reduction is the resul...
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A look at North Korea's restaurants overseasApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - The recent defections of 13 employees of an overseas North Korean-operated restaurant are the first by multiple workers at one restaurant, according to South Korea's Uni...
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Vietnam demands that China move oil rigApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam demanded Friday that China remove an oil exploration rig from an area of the South China Sea where their border is still being demarcated, ...
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Tourism to France rose in 2015 despite Paris attacksApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The overall number of tourists visiting France in 2015 rose marginally compared with the year before to reach an all-time high despite the two deadly attack...
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Uber to compensate South African drivers over fare cutsApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The South African operation of the Uber ride-hailing service says it is reducing fares by 20 percent and will compensate any drivers who lose earning...
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US rig count drops 7 this week to 443, another all-time lowApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by seven this week to 443, another all-time low amid depressed energy industry pr...