Business Stories from August 26, 2016 (Change date)
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Stock markets cautious ahead of key Fed speechAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Stock markets were mostly lower Friday as investors awaited a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen later in the day for cues...
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Billionaire Richard Branson survives bike crashAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson says he thought he was going to die after flying head first off his bicycle in the British Virgin Islands. The Vir...
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'Game of Thrones' composer creating 'Gears of War 4' scoreAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The composer for "Game of Thrones" is swapping the sword-filled realm of Westeros for the alien-plagued world of Sera. Emmy- and Grammy-nominated Rami...
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US wants to force lower speeds on truck and bus driversAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - The U.S. is seeking to forcibly limit how fast trucks, buses and other large vehicles can travel on the nation's highways. A new proposal Friday would imp...
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3 planes needed to complete problem-plagued US-Canada tripAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A United Airlines ExpressJet flight from New Jersey to Toronto had to make an emergency landing in Rochester, New York, just hours after a previou...
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Hong Kong rules US short seller Left engaged in misconductAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - U.S. short-seller Andrew Left engaged in market misconduct by publishing false or misleading information about a Chinese property developer, a Hong Kong...
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The Colonel's famous recipe (maybe, maybe not)Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - Social media is lighting up on the possibility that, at long last, Colonel Sanders' 11 herbs and spices have been revealed. KFC says it hasn't, and the original source,...
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Tribe trucks totem pole 4,800 miles in fossil fuels protestAug 26, 2016 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Pacific Northwest tribe is traveling nearly 5,000 miles across Canada and the United States with a 22-foot-tall totem pole on a flatbed truck in ...
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U-Haul out, new proposal floated in Lake ZurichAug 26, 2016 5:13 am - Another business proposal has surfaced for a building where U-Haul had planned to operate from at Route 22 at Buesching Road in Lake Zurich. Life Storage Inc. wants to o...
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Wintrust hires diversity chiefAug 26, 2016 1:00 am - ROSEMONT - Wintrust Financial Corp. has hired Melissa Donaldson to serve as the company's Chief Diversity Officer. She will work with senior leadership companywide to d...