Business Stories from April 13, 2016 (Change date)
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3 parties abandon Brazil president as impeachment vote nearsApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - President Dilma Rousseff's chances of surviving impeachment appeared diminished Wednesday, with three parties decamping from her governing coalitio...
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Valeant CEO agrees to be deposed in Senate drug price probeApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - The chief executive of embattled Valeant Pharmaceuticals, J. Michael Pearson, has agreed to be deposed by a Senate committee investigating the causes of soaring prescrip...
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Amazon's latest Kindle its smallest, lightest yetApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Will loyal fans of e-books be willing to pay tablet prices for dedicated e-readers? Amazon is about to find out. The e-commerce giant's latest Kindle is ...
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Jury convicts Texas doctor in biggest home health care fraudApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - A jury on Wednesday convicted a Dallas-area doctor of fraud for allegedly "selling his signature" to process almost $375 million in false Medicare and Medi...
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Families of Germanwings crash victims sue US flight schoolApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The families of victims killed last year when a suicidal pilot flew an airliner into a mountainside in the French Alps filed a lawsuit Wednesday agains...
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US: Forced labor continues on Thai fishing vesselsApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that forced labor on Thai fishing vessels has continued in the past year despite legal reforms and arrests fol...
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House GOP abruptly cancels vote on package for Puerto RicoApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Wednesday abruptly canceled a committee vote on a plan to help Puerto Rico deal with its $70 billion debt in the face of conservat...
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French investigators search logistics firm BolloreApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The offices of leading French logistics firm Bollore Group have been searched as part of an investigation into whether the transport and logistics firm lean...
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Volkswagen to cut managers' bonuses following diesel scandalApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Volkswagen said Wednesday that its top managers' bonuses will be cut significantly, citing the need to send a "signal" on executives' pay following the aut...
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Group releasing undercover video for cage-free egg pushApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An animal welfare group said it hopes undercover video filmed inside a farm showing how hens are treated will get more U.S. food sellers behind cage-...