Business Stories from December 27, 2019 (Change date)
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Global markets mostly higher amid trade optimismDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Global stock markets moved mostly higher on Friday amid optimism that U.S.-Chinese trade relations are improving and on early reports that online Christma...
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Volkswagen raises forecast for electric car productionDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Automaker Volkswagen is accelerating its move into battery-powered cars, saying it will reach its goal of 1 million electric cars per year two ...
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Ex-Disney actor: Judge in sex crime case has anti-gay biasDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A former Disney Channel actor charged with trying to have sex with a 13-year-old boy in Salt Lake City contends he can't get a fair trial because t...
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More than dozen hurt in blast at Beechcraft plant in KansasDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - More than a dozen people were injured Friday when a nitrogen line ruptured at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas, cau...
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Grains higher, livestock higher.Dec 27, 2019 6:00 am - \CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery advanced 9.40 cents at $5.5760 a bushel; Mar. co...
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Japan revises Fukushima cleanup plan, delays key stepsDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japan on Friday revised a roadmap for the cleanup of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, further delaying the removal of thousands of spent fuel un...
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US stocks nearly flat; S&P 500 notches 5th weekly gainDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - Major U.S. stock indexes ended essentially flat Friday after a day of mostly listless trading. Even so, the S&P 500 closed out the week with its fifth straight weekly ga...
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Flying cars, hyperloops and the other 2020 tech predictions that didn't pan outDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Predicting the future is hard, even for the people with the most power to influence it. In 2013, Jeff Bezos said he expected Amazon.com Inc. would be delivering packages...
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Wheat could be surprise winner of the U.S.-China trade dealDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - In the agriculture world, news of the partial U.S.-China trade deal has sparked a lot of buzz about soybeans. It turns out, wheat could actually end up being a bigger wi...
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Bizarre fortunes flourish as world's richest gain $1.2 trillionDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - The leveraging of a giant social-media presence, a catchy tune about a family of sharks and a burgeoning collection of junkyards are just a few of the curious ways that ...