Business Stories from June 7, 2016 (Change date)
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French labor standoff: rail company offers deal to unionsJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - With trains canceled across France on the seventh day of a nationwide strike, the SNCF national rail service has offered unions a deal to try to persuade tr...
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Japanese banks raise guard after $16 million taken from ATMsJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese banks that lost some 1.8 billion yen ($16.5 million) when fake overseas cards were used at convenience store ATMs are scrambling to combat such fra...
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World Bank downgrades its forecast for 2016 global economyJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank is reducing its forecast for the global economy this year - again. The aid agency predicted Tuesday that the world economy will expand 2...
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London's powerful financial hub: EU exit would be nightmareJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Gina Miller needs to look no further than her own small investment firm to decide that leaving the European Union would be bad for Britain. She has an anal...
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Eurozone Q1 economic growth revised back up to 0.6 percentJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Economic growth across the 19-country eurozone in the first quarter has been revised back up to a quarterly rate of 0.6 percent from 0.5 percent previous...
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Saudis to create more jobs, cut subsidies in reform planJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday unveiled the details of the first phase of an economic overhaul aimed at reducing reliance on oil exports and ...
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US worker productivity slumped again in Q1Jun 07, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - American workers were less productive again in the January-March quarter, although the decline wasn't as severe as first thought. Meanwhile, labor cost...
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Amid scrutiny, Trump campaign moves event from Trump TowerJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amid scrutiny over Donald Trump's use of the public lobby in his namesake Manhattan skyscraper, a post-primary news conference Tuesday was moved from Tru...
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Report: No countries ready to join euro, despite progressJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank says seven countries in the European Union fulfill most of the requirements for joining the bloc's common currency, t...
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TSA chief says progress being made on shortening linesJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Significant progress has been made on shortening screening lines since earlier this spring, when airlines reported thousands of frustrated passengers w...