Business Stories from November 22, 2019 (Change date)
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Amazon sues Pentagon over $10B contract awarded to MicrosoftNov 22, 2019 7:31 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Amazon is suing the Pentagon over a $10 billion cloud-computing contract awarded to Microsoft. Amazon said it filed a legal complaint Friday with the U...
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China raises estimate of economy's size following censusNov 21, 2019 10:02 pm - BEIJING (AP) - China has raised its estimate of the size of its economy by 2.1% following a census, raising its gross domestic product for 2018 to 91.93 trillion yuan ($...
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In a first, IBM's computer debater faces off against itselfNov 22, 2019 10:01 am - CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) - The chamber hushed as the debate got underway at the Cambridge Union and the teams launched into their carefully crafted opening statements. Th...
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Grains, livestock mixedNov 22, 2019 2:01 pm - Wheat for Dec. rose 6.25 cents at 5.1525 a bushel; Dec. corn was off .25 cent at 3.6875 a bushel, Dec. oats was off 2 cents at $3.1150 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans fell...
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European Central Bank chief asks governments to help growthNov 22, 2019 3:31 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The new president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, says better-targeted public spending would help support economic growth in t...
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UK's disgraced Prince Andrew faces uncertain role in futureNov 22, 2019 12:01 pm - LONDON (AP) - Prince Andrew is scaling back travel and facing an uncertain future as he steps away from the royal role he has embraced for his entire adult life. The lat...
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How GM ended up suing its crosstown rivalNov 21, 2019 10:02 pm - DETROIT (AP) - Automakers sue each other on occasion, but no one in Detroit can remember one accusing another of bribing union officials to get an unfair labor cost adva...
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S&P 500 snaps 6-week string of gains even as stocks riseNov 22, 2019 3:31 pm - U.S. stocks shook off a midday stumble to finish slightly higher Friday, though the modest rebound was not enough to keep the S&P 500 from breaking its longest stretch o...
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Asian shares mostly higher despite US-China trade anxietyNov 21, 2019 9:31 pm - BEIJING (AP) - Stocks logged modest gains Friday in Asia after a lackluster overnight session on Wall Street ended with the market's third straight drop. Reports suggest...
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Grains, livestock mixedNov 22, 2019 2:01 pm - Wheat for Dec. rose 6.25 cents at 5.1525 a bushel; Dec. corn was off .25 cent at 3.6875 a bushel, Dec. oats was off 2 cents at $3.1150 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans fell...