Business Stories from April 18, 2016 (Change date)
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Chinese Twitter users concerned over executive appointmentApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Chinese Twitter users have expressed concerns over the company's appointment of a China regional executive who has a background working with the country's...
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Business HighlightsApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - ___ Netflix is getting so original, it's overtaken HBO SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix's race to make itself a leader in original programming is paying off. Last year it pr...
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Should woman go on $10 bill or $20 bill?Apr 18, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Should Andrew Jackson, America's seventh president, be worried? Is it true that his days on the $20 bill may be numbered? At the moment, Treasury Secre...
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It's on ... Amazon's stand-alone streaming targets NetflixApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon is taking on Netflix and Hulu with its own stand-alone video streaming service, just weeks before Netflix raises prices for longtime subscribers. ...
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Manhattan DA, law officials push for encryption legislationApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Calling it an issue of victims' rights, the Manhattan district attorney urged Congress to pass legislation that would require tech companies to give law ...
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The Latest: Plight of refugees among themes of prize winnersApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the awarding of the 100th-annual Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 4:55 p.m. The plight of refugees is among the social issues tackled by ...
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Rates mixed at US Treasury weekly auctionApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction. Rates on three-month bills dipped to their lowest level in three months, wh...
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Searchers find body in twin Japan quakes, raising toll to 45Apr 18, 2016 7:00 am - MINAMIASO, Japan (AP) - Searchers digging in a mountainous area of southern Japan where twin earthquakes triggered landslides found another body Tuesday, raising the lik...
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google's online libraryApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to Google's online book library from authors who complained that the project makes it harder for them ...
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'Impossible' director Bayona set for 'Jurassic World' sequelApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Universal Pictures has announced J.A. Bayona will direct the sequel to "Jurassic World." Bayona will be taking up the mantle from Colin Trevorrow, who...