Business Stories from August 19, 2016 (Change date)
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Twitter unveils features to filter tweets, notificationsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twitter has announced two new settings that will allow users to control what they see in their feeds and what notifications they receive. Twitter sa...
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Estee Lauder and Emerson Electric slide; Deere jumpsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Estee Lauder Cos., down $3.37 to $91.73 The beauty products maker's profit forecast for the cur...
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TransPerfect co-founder hit with $7.1 million in sanctionsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - DOVER, Del. (AP) - A Delaware judge has ordered the co-founder of a New York-based translation company to pay his business partner and former fiancee $7.1 million in fee...
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Kanye West's weekend pop-up stores in NYC, 20 other citiesAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Kanye West fans waited in line overnight in lower Manhattan on Friday for the chance to buy pieces from a new clothing line centered on the rapper-turned...
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The Latest: Yellowstone River closure could last monthsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Latest on a massive fish kill on the Yellowstone River that prompted the closure of a 183-mile stretch of the river (all times local): 2:45 p....
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Grain higher, livestock lowerAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. delivery was 4.94 cents higher at $4.94 a bushel; Sept. c...
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Amtrak taps former freight railroad head to be new CEOAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The former head of the Norfolk Southern freight railroad, Charles "Wick" Moorman, has been tapped to be president and CEO of Amtrak, the nation's passe...
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Old steel mill will soon be world's largest vertical farmAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Stacks of leafy greens are sprouting inside an old brewery in New Jersey. "What we do is we trick it," said David Rosenberg, co-founder and chief exe...
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WTO largely sides with EU over Russian ban on pork productsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - A World Trade Organization panel has largely sided with the European Union in its dispute with Russia over a Russian ban of imports of EU pigs, pork and pi...
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APNewsBreak: Ohio Turnpike may soon see self-driving testingAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's toll road, a heavily traveled connector between the East Coast and Chicago, is moving closer to allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles....