Business Stories from July 27, 2016 (Change date)
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Hiroshima unhappy atomic-bomb park is 'Pokemon Go' siteJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - "Pokemon Go" players are descending on an atomic bomb memorial park in Hiroshima, and officials of the western Japanese city are displeased. They have asked...
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Correction: Timber Town's Comeback storyJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - PRINEVILLE, Oregon (AP) - In a story July 27 about a rural Oregon town that has reinvented itself as a high-tech outpost, The Associated Press reported erroneously when ...
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Japan poised to pump up sluggish growth with new stimulusJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans Wednesday for a fresh barrage of economic stimulus to help revive stalling growth. Speaking in the southe...
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Prostitution allegations investigated against Samsung bossJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday that they have started investigating allegations that ailing Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee bought ...
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Global stocks rise on Japan stimulus ahead of Fed statementJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Global stocks rose Wednesday after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans for a 28 trillion-yen ($254 billion) stimulus package ahe...
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Samsung's profit surges to 2-year high on Galaxy phone salesJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. reported Thursday forecast-beating earnings results that were the best in two years as consumers snapped up its Galaxy ...
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Boeing posts rare quarterly loss, mulls phasing out 747Jul 27, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Boeing, absorbing billions in write-downs related to two of its newest commercial jets and a military fuel tanker, reported its first quarterly loss in n...
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Markets Right Now: US stocks mostly lower at middayJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are mostly lower in midday trading as a slide in consumer sta...
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Kazakh state oil company starts legal case against RomaniaJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Kazakhstan's state oil company says it has initiated legal proceedings against Romania after prosecutors froze its shares in the country's larg...
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Former snack food company exec pleads guilty to $1.4M fraudJul 27, 2016 7:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A former executive with a Pennsylvania potato chip and snack food company has pleaded guilty to defrauding the company out of roughly $1.4 million...