Business Stories from August 30, 2016 (Change date)
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US bank earnings in Q2 climbed 1.4 percent to $43.6BAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. banks' earnings in the April-June period rose 1.4 percent from a year earlier as growth in lending fueled interest income. The data issued Tuesday...
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In bid against corruption, Greece to ax TV licensesAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's left-wing government launched an auction Tuesday for four private national television licenses, reducing the number from seven after a hea...
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Blaze erupts at Gap Inc. distribution center in New YorkAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - FISHKILL, N.Y. (AP) - A massive blaze that ripped through a Gap Inc. distribution center in New York has been largely extinguished. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports (htt...
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Why the EU's tax probe of Apple and others is raising US ireAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - The European Union's crackdown on corporate tax avoidance has landed on Apple ; its antitrust regulator is demanding that the U.S. tech giant pay Ireland up to 13 billio...
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California farmworkers on edge over historic overtime billAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - MENDOTA, Calif. (AP) - Many California farmworkers who make up the backbone of the nation's No. 1 agricultural state on Tuesday were praising historic legislation that b...
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Law takes effect scrapping cap on alcohol content for beerAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Craft brewers in Ohio now have the freedom to make boozier beers. A new state law takes effect Wednesday, scrapping caps on alcohol content for bee...
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Why Ireland doesn't want to take billions from AppleAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - In normal circumstances, a 13 billion euro ($14.5 billion) cash award would make any country ecstatic. But Ireland is no ordinary country when it comes to ...
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Chipotle's latest freebie: Kids eat free on SundaysAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Chipotle's latest burrito giveaway is for children. The company is offering free kid's meals on Sundays during the month of September, another attempt to...
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Christie nixes bill to raise New Jersey minimum wage to $15Aug 30, 2016 7:00 am - PENNINGTON BOROUGH, N.J. (AP) - Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday shot down an attempt to raise New Jersey's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour in the next year and ...
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Grain lower, livestock mixedAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Tuesonday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. delivery was 1.50 cents higher at $3.7220 a bushel; Sep...
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