Business Stories from August 23, 2016 (Change date)
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Taiwan to probe bank fined in US for money laundering slipAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's financial regulator is investigating Mega Financial Holding Co. after New York state ordered its banking unit to pay a $180 million penalt...
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Lawmakers demand information on EpiPen price increaseAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of Congress are demanding more information on why the price for lifesaving EpiPens has skyrocketed. EpiPens are injection devices used to ward ...
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2 companies announce $90M Indiana expansion plansAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two companies have announced plans to spend at least $90 million each to expand their Indiana operations. Aisin USA Manufacturing said Tuesday it exp...
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Tug boats refloat oil rig that ran aground on Scottish beachAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A salvage team has refloated an oil rig that was blown onto a remote Scottish beach in a storm. The Transocean Winner was being towed when it broke free of...
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Ex-Republican chair wants financial probe of GOP Rep. GuintaAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A former chairman of New Hampshire's GOP is calling for an investigation into Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta's campaign finances less than a mont...
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Hunting for the root of immigration woes? Look to the past.Aug 23, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For more than a decade, lawmakers have been pointing at their counterparts to take the blame for what just about everyone agrees is a broken immigratio...
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Howard Johnson's restaurant to close, leaving only 1 moreAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - BANGOR, Maine (AP) - The closing of one of the last two Howard Johnson restaurants in a couple of weeks will mark the end of its fried clam strips, ice cream and other m...
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Kibbles 'n Bits sales suffer as pet owners get pickierAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Americans' increasingly picky tastes are affecting not just the bowls on their tables, but those on the floor: Kibbles 'n Bits sales are suffering....
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McDonald's recalls millions of Happy Meals fitness bandsAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's is recalling millions of fitness bands that had been given away in Happy Meals because they might cause skin irritation or burns to children. ...
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Markets Right Now: US stocks notch modest gainsAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 4:00 a.m. Stocks managed modest gains in another quiet day of trading that kept...