Business Stories from February 18, 2020 (Change date)
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China turns to internet for food supplies amid virus fearsFeb 18, 2020 10:02 pm - BEIJING (AP) - Wang Feng, house-bound by China's virus outbreak, counts on the parka-clad delivery drivers of e-commerce giant JD.com to keep her kitchen stocked. Deman...
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MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuitFeb 18, 2020 11:31 am - BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to provide captions for more of its publicly available online videos as part of a settlement announced...
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Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo offers to buy smaller rivalFeb 18, 2020 3:30 am - MILAN (AP) - Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo announced Tuesday a 4.9 billion-euro ($5.3 billion) takeover offer for smaller rival UBI Banca - an unexpected move, even if ex...
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Boeing finds a new issue with Max, debris in fuel tanksFeb 20, 2020 7:46 am - Boeing said Tuesday that it found debris contaminating the fuel tanks of some 737 Max jets that it built in the past year but was unable to deliver to airline customers....
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Farmers block highways in Spain to protest low food pricesFeb 18, 2020 4:06 am - NAVALMORAL DE LA MATA, Spain (AP) - Farmers in fluorescent yellow vests have begun blocking highways in southwestern Spain with tractors and other vehicles in the latest...
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Apple, Fluor fall; Franklin Resources, Advance Auto riseFeb 18, 2020 3:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday: Apple Inc., down $5.95 to $319 The technology company said revenue will fall short of forec...
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Insider Q&A: Facebook VP of Messenger discusses privacyFeb 18, 2020 2:31 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that's used by well over 1 billion people each month. He's playing a key role in helpin...
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Franklin Resources buying Legg Mason for $4.5 billionFeb 18, 2020 9:30 am - SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - Franklin Resources is buyingrival investment managerLegg Mason for $4.5 billion, the latest shakeup in an industry grappling with customers who ...
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EU puts Cayman Islands, others on tax blacklistFeb 18, 2020 7:01 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union has added four countries and jurisdictions to its blacklist of tax havens , including the British overseas territory Cayman Islands. E...
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Shares fall in Asia as virus outbreak hits profits, eventsFeb 18, 2020 1:01 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Shares slipped in Asia on Tuesday as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would fail to meet its profit t...