Business Stories from April 28, 2016 (Change date)
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Shares of Amazon jump on 1Q earnings beatApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Shares of Amazon.com Inc. surged Thursday after the e-commerce powerhouse reported better-than-expected first-quarter results fueled by a 28 percent jump ...
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Markets Right Now: Tech, energy stocks lead a broad declineApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on financial markets. All times local. 4:00 p.m. Stocks lost ground on Wall Street as a rout in tech stocks deepened as the day went on. Apple...
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How Amazon convinced you to pay up for shoppingApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon is clearly entering its Prime. Meaning, of course, its $100 annual membership program, now a decade old, which has accomplished the remarkable fea...
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UC Davis chancellor says politics driving action against herApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The chancellor of the University of California, Davis says politics are driving the decision to put her on paid leave while the university investiga...
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Sony sees less red ink, postpones outlook because of quakeApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. reported an 88.4 billion yen ($818 million) loss in January-March, a smaller flow of red ink than a year earlier, but it postponed Thursday givin...
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Nevada gambling revenue down 3 percent in MarchApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - State officials say Nevada gambling revenue was down 3 percent in March compared with last year due to lower winnings in the Las Vegas area. The Nevada ...
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Lucian Freud portrait could fetch $29 million at Christie'sApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Christie's is selling a Lucian Freud painting of his pregnant daughter as part of a sale representing centuries of British portraiture. "Ib and her Husband...
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UPS 1st-quarter profit rises 10 percent, beating forecastsApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - United Parcel Service Inc. said Thursday that first-quarter profit rose 10 percent to $1.13 billion, helped by an increase in both ground shipments and nex...
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UK company fined for misleading Australians over painkillersApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - An Australian court ordered a British consumer goods company on Friday to pay 1.7 million Australian dollars ($1.3 million) in penalties after ruling that ...
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VW to spend up to $8.8 billion on diesel buybacks, fixesApr 28, 2016 7:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen said Thursday it had set aside 7.8 billion euros ($8.8 billion) to buy back or fix diesel-powered cars that had been rigged to cheat...