Business Stories from February 19, 2020 (Change date)
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Burger King breaks the mold with new advertising campaignFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - Burger King is breaking the mold in its new advertising campaign. The burger chain is portraying its Whopper covered in mold in print and TV ads running in Europe and th...
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Judge rips PG&E for poor safety record leading to wildfiresFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A U.S. judge ripped into Pacific Gas & Electric on Wednesday, saying its executives have put greed before safety and telling the utility that has be...
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Qantas cuts flights to Asia amid virus outbreakFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Australia's Qantas announced Thursday it will slash flights to Asia as the coronavirus crisis cuts into the airline and travel industries. The decision to ...
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Grains mostly lower, livestock higher.Feb 19, 2020 6:00 am - \CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery was off 1 cent at $5.5560 a bushel; Mar...
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China revokes 3 Wall Street Journal reporters' credentialsFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China on Wednesday said it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal over a headline for an opin...
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Brexit pushes growing number of businesses to NetherlandsFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Ongoing uncertainty about the effects of Brexit is pushing an increasing number of foreign companies to set up offices in the Netherlands, ...
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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed.Feb 19, 2020 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar. was off 1.50 cents at 5.6525 a bushel; Mar. corn lost 2.50 cents at 3.8050 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 2.25 cents at $3.0125 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans ro...
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Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse dealsFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollar...
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Fed seems inclined to keep rates low as virus poses risksFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve officials were mostly optimistic about the U.S. and global economies last month, though they noted the risk posed by China's viral outb...
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France to shut down oldest nuclear complex by end of JuneFeb 19, 2020 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday that the Fessenheim nuclear reactor, on the border with Germany, will be shut down at the end of Ju...