Business Stories from August 18, 2016 (Change date)
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Markets Right Now: Stocks closing flat on Wall StreetAug 18, 2016 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. U.S. stocks are closing slightly higher Thursday as rising oil prices...
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Obama administration to phase out some private prison useAug 18, 2016 3:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration announced Thursday it will phase out its use of some private prisons, affecting thousands of federal inmates and immediately s...
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EPA watchdog says government fails to study ethanol's impactAug 18, 2016 9:01 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has failed to study as legally required the impact of requiring ethanol in gasoline and ensuring that new regulations intended...
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Grain mostly lower, livestock mostly higherAug 18, 2016 10:30 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. delivery was 4.80 cents lower at $4.2246 a bushel...
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Gap offers muted outlook for annual earnings, lower profitAug 18, 2016 5:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Gap Inc. offered a downbeat outlook for its annual profit on Thursday after reporting a 43 percent drop in net income for the second quarter, weighed dow...
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Dutch scale back extra security at Amsterdam airportAug 18, 2016 5:30 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch authorities say beefed-up security measures at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport are being scaled back following investigation of an unspe...
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Correction: China-G20 storyAug 18, 2016 10:31 pm - BEIJING (AP) - In a story Aug. 15 about (topic), The Associated Press misspelled the name of a deputy Chinese foreign minister. He is Li Baodong, not Li Baoding. A corre...
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Global stocks climb on signs US rate hike not imminentAug 18, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Global stocks rose Thursday on indications that the U.S. Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 index rose...
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ECB officials saw shock from UK vote as largely containedAug 18, 2016 9:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Officials at the European Central Bank saw the initial impact from Britain's vote to leave the EU as largely confined to that country despite m...
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Germany: Dispute with suppliers disrupts VW productionAug 18, 2016 2:30 pm - BERLIN (AP) - A legal dispute with suppliers is causing disruption at Volkswagen production plants in Germany. News agency dpa reported the automaker on Thursday confirm...
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