Business Stories from August 18, 2017 (Change date)
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Cities seek creative ways to prevent car or van attacksAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - From Barcelona to Times Square and beyond, extremists have used vehicles as deadly weapons with alarming frequency in recent years, whether to promote jihad...
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Grain higher, livestock lowerAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept delivery was higher 2.40 cents at $4.1640 a bushel; Sept c...
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Deere 3Q profit up, construction equipment market improvesAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Deere's fiscal third-quarter profit topped analysts' estimates, buoyed by improving farm and construction equipment markets. But its adjusted revenue...
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Indiana's unemployment rate edges up to 3.1 percent in JulyAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The state says Indiana's unemployment rate edged up to 3.1 percent in July and is below the national rate of 4.3 percent last month. The Indiana Depa...
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11 US states added jobs in JulyAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring increased in 11 U.S. states in July, while the unemployment rate tumbled to record lows in two states. The Labor Department said Friday that une...
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The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer cultureAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather pinned neatly to her left lapel, ...
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A sports rout on Wall StreetAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sporting goods retailers can't shake their losing streak. Shares of stores that mostly sell sneakers and sporting gear plummeted Friday after Foot Locker...
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Former Uber CEO lashes out at VC firm suing companyAug 18, 2017 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is skewering a lawsuit filed by a former ally, describing it as a malicious attempt to sever his remaining ties to t...
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First Midwest Bancorp declares third quarter cash dividendAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - ITASCA - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for First Midwest Bank, announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the c...
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Glen Ellyn considering $1.5 million tax incentive for shopping center ownerAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - By renovating a long-vacant Dominick's store, the owner of a Glen Ellyn shopping center hopes to entice a grocer to its anchor spot. Phillips Edison & Company also has p...
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