Business Stories from August 24, 2016 (Change date)
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Dismal time for Gulf oil = record low lease biddingAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government's annual sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico attracted hardly any interest on Wednesday, reflecting a dismal outlo...
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Nigeria's Central Bank bans 9 local banks from trading forexAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's Central Bank has banned nine local banks from trading in foreign exchange, accusing them of withholding $2.1 billion in government funds ...
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US intelligence still sorting out NSA hackAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. is still probing the extent of a recent cyber leak of what purports to be hacking tools used by the National Security Agency, the nat...
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Japan authorizes $2M to study high-speed train in MarylandAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Japan's ambassador to the U.S. says his country has authorized $2 million to support a feasibility study on building a high-speed train between Bal...
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World's largest aircraft damaged on 2nd test flightAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The developer of the world's largest aircraft says the blimp-shaped airship "sustained damage" after it made a bumpy landing on its second test flight in e...
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Sen. Manchin mum on EpiPen hikes by daughter's drug companyAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - As a pharmaceutical company run by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's daughter faces scrutiny for hiking prices on life-saving allergy injection pens, Manc...
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Oil pipeline: The legal challenges and protestsAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge has heard testimony in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request to temporarily block the construction of a four-state oil pipeline n...
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Oil pipeline subject of federal hearing, small work stoppageAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Texas company that's building an oil pipeline across four states was told Wednesday by the Iowa Utilities Board to stay away from the properties ...
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Coal towns hit by layoffs to get job grants from US gov'tAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Communities in nine U.S. states that have been hard-hit by coal layoffs are being promised more than 3,000 jobs in several industries through a ...
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EU backs former Greek statistics chief facing trialAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The European Union's executive commission has publicly defended Greece's former statistics chief, who is facing trial for allegedly misreporting de...