Business Stories from August 30, 2016 (Change date)
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Uganda grants 8 oil production licenses to Total, TullowAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's government on Tuesday issued eight oil production licenses to two foreign companies, moving the East African country closer to becoming a...
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US home prices rise in June at slowest pace in 10 monthsAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home prices rose modestly in June, pushed up by strong sales and a limited supply of available properties. The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Sh...
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Markets Right Now: US markets end lower in quiet tradingAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are closing slightly lower as a summer slowdown continues on W...
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Spike Jonze debuts wild perfume ad starring Margaret QualleyAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - Director Spike Jonze has unveiled a wild four-minute perfume advertisement that stars actress Margaret Qualley. The star of HBO's "The Leftovers" spends the video dancin...
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Europe hits Apple with a $15 billion-plus tax billAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The European Union ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay nearly $15 billion in back taxes to Ireland, plus billions more in interest, in a move that drama...
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Correction: Clean Energy-New England storyAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - In a story Aug. 28 about Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island evaluating proposals for clean-energy projects, The Associated Press erroneou...
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Hospital, hepatitis C outbreak victims reach settlementAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Trinity Health and its hospital in Minot have agreed in principal on a legal settlement with 21 victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in rece...
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Indiana expands options on business registration websiteAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's business-registration website that debuted this spring has been expanded to give users more access to state services. When the INBiz portal...
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Iowa at center of debate over 'shadow insurance' dealsAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - For cash-strapped life insurance companies, the deal sounds almost too good to be true: A state law allows them to create complex financial instru...
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Target's chief marketing officer to leave, join UberAug 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Target's chief marketing officer is leaving the company and heading to Uber. The retail chain announced in a regulatory filing Tuesday that Jeff Jones is...