Business Stories from July 12, 2016 (Change date)
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Christmas in July? Amazon's 'Prime Day' is backJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon's Fire TV stick and a curved Samsung TV were top sellers during Amazon's second annual "Prime Day" sales bonanza. The e-commerce powerhouse launch...
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Workers OK contract for 3 Atlantic City casinos amid strikeJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Workers in Atlantic City have approved a new contract with three casinos while a strike continues at the Trump Taj Mahal. Local 54 of the Unit...
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Exceptions to rule: Big cities where homes remain affordableJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Until recently, Christina Brouk was living with her parents. Now, still in her early 20s, she's living the American dream of home ownership - the same d...
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Small SUVs do poorly in insurance industry headlight testsJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Small SUVs for 2016 and 2017 did poorly during new headlight tests done by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Tuesday...
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American Airlines says credit card deals will boost incomeJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Shares of American Airlines jumped Tuesday after the company said that new credit-card deals will increase pretax income by $1.55 billion over t...
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New data-sharing rules for EU and US adoptedJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - New rules governing trans-Atlantic data transfers were formally approved Tuesday, months after Europe's top court ruled against the previous arrangements...
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Clarification: Campaign 2016-Road to 270 storyJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - In a story July 10, The Associated Press reported that the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed by President Bill Clinton. The stor...
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Hunters sue to challenge New Jersey big-game trophy banJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A lobbying group and New Jersey hunters want a federal judge to overturn a new law that makes it illegal to import or export big-game trophies of th...
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Judge tosses lawsuit over NYC's payphone-turned-Wi-Fi planJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging New York City's push to turn payphones into Wi-Fi hotspots. Chief city lawyer Zachary Carter said Tue...
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Study of promising cancer treatment allowed to resumeJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A study of an experimental treatment for leukemia that was halted last week following two patient deaths has been allowed to resume after a modificatio...