Business Stories from June 2, 2016 (Change date)
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Starbucks to sell Teavana ready-to-drink tea in US next yearJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks is teaming up with Anheuser-Busch to unveil a line of ready-to-drink tea in the U.S. next year. The Seattle coffee chain said Thursday that its...
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Report questions whether Puerto Rico debt issued illegallyJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A commission created to audit Puerto Rico's debt is questioning the legality of government-issued bonds in a report released Thursday, sayin...
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Letter written by JFK to purported paramour is for saleJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - An intimate letter written by President John F. Kennedy to a purported paramour seeking to set up a liaison is one of several Kennedy-related items being s...
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Small business hires dip in May, but 2016 trend still steadyJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - SLOW MONTH, STEADY TREND: Small businesses added 76,000 jobs in May, down from 101,000 in April, but are holding to a relatively steady hiring trend this year, according...
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Global stocks, oil edge up as OPEC weighs output dealJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Global stocks and the price of oil edged higher Thursday as OPEC countries discussed ways to control production and re-assert their influence ...
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No buyers found for UK retailer BHS, thousands of jobs to goJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - As many as 11,000 people in Britain are set to lose their jobs after administrators failed to find a buyer for troubled retailer BHS. Administrator Duff & ...
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Alabama landfill activists seek dismissal of slander suitJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Four activists from one of Alabama's poorest communities asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss a $30 million slander suit filed by Georgia co...
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Romania: 4 in pharma scam charged with tax evasionJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian prosecutors have charged two managers of a pharma company indicted on charges of diluting disinfectant, with tax evasion and money lau...
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NY court: Case against ex-AIG execs can continueJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general can continue his legal effort to bar two former American International Group Inc. executives from the securities industry...
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Tribune renames itself 'Tronc' while Gannett weighs its bidJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - We still don't know if USA Today owner Gannett will continue its $864 million bid for Tribune Publishing, but we do know that no one will have Tribune to...