Business Stories from November 13, 2019 (Change date)
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Fed's Powell sees steady growth, signals pause in rate cutsNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Fed is likely to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate unchanged in the coming mon...
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Disney Plus hits 10M subscribers in 1 dayNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Disney Plus says it hit more than 10 million sign-ups on its first day of launch, far exceeding expectations. Disney's mix of Marvel and Star Wars movies...
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California sued again for requiring women on company boardsNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's first-in-the-nation law requiring publicly held companies to put women on their boards of directors is facing a second legal chall...
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Economy in mind, Bolsonaro changes tack and cozies up to XiNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - What a difference a year makes. In the months before last year's presidential election in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro described China as predatory and...
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Volkswagen expanding electric vehicle production in USNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen is making Tennessee its North American base for electric vehicle production, breaking ground on an $800 million (727 million euro) e...
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Beer insulting California utility PG&E brews backlashNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Anger over devastating California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines is coming to a head - in a beer. And an outcry is bre...
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Facebook says it removed 3.2B fake accounts in 6 monthsNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previous six months. ...
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Hyatt will remove small bottles from hotel bathrooms by 2021Nov 13, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Hyatt Hotels Corp. is the latest hotel company to say it's removing small bottles from its bathrooms in an effort to reduce waste. Hyatt says it is shifti...
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Flying this Thanksgiving? Expect record crowds at airportsNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - Record throngs of travelers are expected to jam into airports over the Thanksgiving break and airlines are adding hundreds of flights a day in response. The Transportati...
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Company: Dakota Access expansion doesn't increase riskNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - LINTON, N.D. (AP) - Dakota Access pipeline officials argued Wednesday that the company's proposal to double the line's capacity does not increase the potential of a fail...