Business Stories from June 2, 2016 (Change date)
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Dutch investigators raid companies linked to global fraudJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - AMSTERDAM (AP) - Dutch prosecutors raided a string of locations and seized cash and hundreds of thousands of fraudulent letters in an investigation into worldwide mail s...
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France's Valls in Greece for talks on economic cooperationJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - France's prime minister has arrived in Greece amid tight security for a two-day visit expected to focus on economic cooperation. Manuel Valls is du...
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Wealthy Turkish businessman seeks private jail pending trialJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A wealthy Turkish businessman's lawyer tried to persuade a judge Thursday to let his client hire armed guards to keep him in a New York apartment while a...
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Solid US job gain in May could set stage for summer Fed hikeJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Friday's U.S. jobs report for May will provide a crucial piece of data for the Federal Reserve to weigh in deciding whether to raise interest rates lat...
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Nothing harmful found on US-bound jet that received threatJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - An unspecified threat to an arriving British Airways flight forced the evacuation of the plane at Newark Liberty Airport Thursday afternoon, but no s...
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Furniture maker settles with feds over carcinogen exposureJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey furniture manufacturer has reached a settlement with a federal safety agency to pay $123,000 and fix a slew of health and safet...
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Asian shares mixed pending US jobs report, Fed decisionJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares were mixed Friday as investors awaited a U.S. jobs report later in the day and action from the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the month. KEEPING...
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Ex-hospice head pleads guilty to Medicare, Medicaid fraudJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A former head of a suburban hospice who was accused of using patients who weren't terminally ill to collect millions of dollars in false Medicare and M...
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Anti-Israel boycott movement suffers a slew of cyberattacksJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - The international movement calling for a boycott against Israel on Thursday said its website was repeatedly attacked earlier this year and raised suspic...
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US Congress committee investigating Bangladesh Bank heistJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A U.S. congressional committee is investigating how hackers managed to divert $101 million from Bank of Bangladesh accounts held at the Federal ...