Business Stories from August 19, 2016 (Change date)
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Morgan Stanley accused of mismanaging its 401(k) planAug 19, 2016 1:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Even Wall Street workers are unhappy with how their retirement plans are run. A participant in Morgan Stanley's 401(k) plan filed a lawsuit Friday in U.S...
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US stocks take small losses as energy companies slideAug 19, 2016 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks took small losses Friday to end a quiet week of trading. Energy companies fell as a rally in oil prices faded and investors continue to sell ...
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China tightens control of online news after sensitive gaffesAug 20, 2016 8:17 am - BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government is holding chief editors of news websites personally liable for content, months after several portals posted material that was seen...
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Pennsylvania supermarket sells wine, a 1st since ProhibitionAug 19, 2016 1:01 pm - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Officials say a grocery store in Pennsylvania has become the first supermarket since Prohibition to sell wine in the state. A Giant Eagle store in subu...
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Ex-Wahlburgers employees sue, claiming denied wages and tipsAug 19, 2016 8:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Five former employees of the burger chain founded by celebrity brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg are suing the company over what they call "rampant" viol...
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Markets Right Now: Stocks closing lower on Wall StreetAug 19, 2016 4:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 4:15 p.m. U.S. stocks are closing slightly lower on Friday, as investors sold u...
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Viacom CEO is out as the company settles Redstone lawsuitsAug 19, 2016 7:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The messy legal battle over Sumner Redstone's media empire appears to have come to an end. According to an internal memo provided by Viacom on Frida...
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US rig count up 10 this week to 491, Texas up 8Aug 19, 2016 1:01 pm - HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 10 this week to 491. A year ago, 885 rigs were active. Depressed energy pric...
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Estee Lauder and Emerson Electric slide; Deere jumpsAug 19, 2016 4:00 pm - 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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Use of non-union labor picketed at Obama archives site in Hoffman EstatesAug 20, 2016 8:17 am - A dispute over the use of nonunion labor in the conversion of a former Plunkett Furniture store in Hoffman Estates into the temporary archives of the future Barack Obama...