Business Stories from August 23, 2016 (Change date)
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Best Buy posts higher profit, better online and store salesAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Best Buy's profit jumped 21 percent as the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer increased sales online and tried to create a better shopping ex...
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New Mexico developer buying Isle of Capri Casinos propertyAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - WESTLAKE, La. (AP) - The Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. has agreed to sell its Westlake property for about $134.5 million to a New Mexico developer. If the deal is approved ...
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Greek banks robbed using threatening note, police sayAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - Police in northern Greece have arrested a 41-year-old woman accused of using a "threatening note" to rob two banks in the country's second-la...
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Asian stocks meander, dollar up on North Korea's missileAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian stocks meandered Wednesday as investors awaited fresh cues from Federal Reserve on the outlook for interest rates. Markets were steady fo...
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Cheating site had inadequate security, privacy officials sayAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Privacy officials in Canada and Australia have found that cheating website Ashley Madison had inadequate security safeguards and policies despite marketin...
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Women in UK see pay gap widen after having childrenAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A new study shows that women in Britain earn consistently less once they have children - even though the overall gender pay gap has narrowed over the past ...
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Ruling: Grad students at private universities can unionizeAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that graduate students who assist in teaching and research at private universities are employees and hav...
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Eurozone business resilient in face of Brexit uncertaintiesAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Business activity across the 19-country eurozone grew at a steady, moderate pace in August as the region continued to show little concern about the impact ...
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Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secretsAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - The Associated Press has found that WikiLeaks' global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innoce...
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Venezuelan government managers to lose jobs over recallAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Nicolas Maduro is ordering retaliation against managers in government agencies who signed a petition to recall him from office. Socia...