Business Stories from February 5, 2020 (Change date)
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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed.Feb 05, 2020 9:01 am - \CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery was fell .80 cent at $5.5940 a bushel; ...
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US trade deficit drops 1.7% last year to $616.8 billionFeb 05, 2020 7:01 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit fell for the first time in six years in 2019 as President Donald Trump hammered China with import taxes. The Commerce Department...
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Australian bank official says virus is an economic unknownFeb 05, 2020 12:01 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's deadly wildfires will have no impact on the nation's economic growth this year but the impact of a new virus is still unknown, the...
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Facebook, YouTube: Firm must stop scraping faces from sitesFeb 05, 2020 7:00 pm - Facebook joined YouTube, Twitter and payment service Venmo on Wednesday in demanding that a facial recognition company stop harvesting user images to identify the people...
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Jeff Bezos asks court to dismiss defamation suitFeb 05, 2020 12:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is asking a California court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him by his girlfriend's brother, Michael Sanchez. In...
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Stocks rise on hopes China virus damage can be curbedFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Stock markets rose Wednesday on optimism that China's latest actions may help curtail some of the expected economic damage from the virus outbreak. Investor...
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LinkedIn CEO steps aside after 11 years, says time is rightFeb 05, 2020 1:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The LinkedIn professional networking service is getting a new CEO. Jeff Weiner will become executive chairman after 11 years as chief of the Microsoft-ow...
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Dubai airport remains world's No. 1 for international travelFeb 05, 2020 5:26 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai International Airport said on Wednesday that it maintained its title as the world's busiest for international travel, despite cl...
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Cathay Pacific asks staff to take unpaid leave due to virusFeb 05, 2020 3:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Cathay Pacific Airways asked its 27,000 employees on Wednesday to take three weeks of unpaid leave while the Hong Kong carrier struggles with plunging r...
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Woman in UK illicit-wealth case loses bid to recover assetsFeb 05, 2020 5:31 am - LONDON (AP) - A woman from Azerbaijan who is suspected by British authorities of having ill-gotten wealth has lost a legal bid to get her seized assets back. The Court o...