Business Stories from September 19, 2016 (Change date)
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WHY IT MATTERS: InfrastructureSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - THE ISSUE: The U.S. interstate highway system, celebrating its 60th birthday this year, is showing its age. Many roads and bridges are in need...
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Authorities: 44 cited, 1 jailed in Iowa pipeline protestSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - SANDUSKY, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say 44 people were cited and one person was jailed during a weekend protest intended to block construction of a $3.8 billion, four-stat...
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Liz Weston: Treat your marriage like a businessSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - My artist husband likes to say that if I were in charge of our spending, we'd be sitting on milk crates instead of furniture and that if he were in charge, we'd have no ...
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Asian stocks mostly lower amid US, Japan central banks waitSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday amid a nervous wait for what might happen to interest rates from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. KEEP...
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Kohl's to hire 69,000 seasonal workersSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Kohl's plans to hire more than 69,000 additional workers for the upcoming holiday season to meet demand at more than 1,100 stores nationwide. The departm...
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Samsung says it has found no battery problem in ChinaSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics said Monday that its investigation into the first report of a Galaxy Note 7 fire in China found no battery problem, reducin...
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Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemicSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers' vital role i...
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US homebuilder sentiment rises in September as sales improveSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - Confidence among U.S. homebuilders has surged to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting a brighter outlook for sales now and into 2017. The National Association ...
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Study estimates 100,000 deaths from Indonesia hazeSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 deaths, a...
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AP names Delano Massey Ohio news editorSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Delano Massey, a multimedia reporter and newsroom leader, has been named Ohio news editor for The Associated Press. The appointment was announced Monday...