Business Stories from February 28, 2020 (Change date)
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China uses dairy factory to show it's getting back to workFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - As milk bottles and yogurt six-packs zipped past on a conveyor belt at a state-owned dairy, reporters heard a sales pitch from a Communist Party official:...
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Harley-Davidson CEO to leave struggling motorcycle makerFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Harley-Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich is leaving the struggling motorcycle maker. The Milwaukee company announced Friday that Levatich will leave his pos...
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Wall Street has worst week since 2008 as S&P 500 drops 11.5%Feb 28, 2020 6:00 am - Stocks sank around the globe again Friday as investors braced for more economic pain from the coronavirus outbreak, sending U.S. markets to their worst weekly finish sin...
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Markets slide, auto show canceled as virus impact spreadsFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Stock markets are heading for their worst week since 2008, Europe's top auto show has been canceled and companies keep lowering their earnings estimates. H...
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Global stocks fall again on fear of virus impact on economyFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - Global stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading fears over the impact of the new coronavirus, with some indexes set to close out their worst week since the dept...
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Grains mixed, livestock mixed.Feb 28, 2020 6:00 am - \CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery declined 10.60 cents at $5.2260 a bushel; Mar. co...
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Asia stocks tumble on virus fears after Wall Street plungeFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - Asian stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading virus fears, deepening an global rout after Wall Street endured its biggest one-day drop in nine years. Tokyo's b...
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Beyond Meat, Dell fall; 3M, Forty Seven riseFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: VMware Inc., down $15.11 to $120.52. The cloud computing company's fourth-quarter profit fel...
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US consumer spending slowed in January while incomes jumpedFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans pulled back on their spending in January, even as their incomes surged, a sign the economy was growing modestly before the threat of coronavi...
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Market corrections: scary but also, in some cases, necessaryFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - After six days of being pounded by a virus-induced, global sell-off, U.S. markets hit a milestone this week. The S&P 500 has dropped more than 10% from ...