Business Stories from August 17, 2016 (Change date)
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More small businesses put focus on a mobile-first strategyAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - GreenPal CEO Bryan Clayton came to realize he had to scrap his company's $90,000 website. The business aims to link homeowners with lawn care companies, ...
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Target cuts outlook as it sees fewer customers in storesAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Target Corp. cut its profit forecast and a key sales outlook Wednesday as it saw fewer customers in its stores and acknowledged it didn't push the second...
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Hong Kong airline Cathay's 1H profit tumbles 82 percentAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday that its profit tumbled in the first half of the year as economic weakness in China and other important markets cu...
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AT&T hikes prices for some plans, but raises data capsAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T is joining Verizon in raising the prices of some of its data plans. As with Verizon, AT&T is going to great lengths to avoid calling the changes a p...
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Asian stocks climb on signs US rate hike off table for nowAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stocks rose Wednesday after Wall Street edged higher on news the U.S. Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. Japan's benchmark fell...
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Hawaiian, Alaska top on-time ratings, American lands lastAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - Here are the government's rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for June. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within...
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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi heading to ChinaAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi left for a high-profile trip to China on Wednesday to discuss the fate of a jointly built dam and hydroelectric pl...
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'Auction' of NSA tools sends security companies scramblingAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The leak of what purports to be a National Security Agency hacking tool kit has set the information security world atwitter - and sent major companies rushi...
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CNN regrets misleading edit in Milwaukee reportAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - CNN says it regrets leaving out a woman's call for violence in the suburbs of Milwaukee following the fatal shooting of her brother by police in the city...
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Asian stocks mostly higher after Wall Street declineAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street declined. Shares in China were mixed after leaders approved a plan to give foreign inve...