Business Stories from March 17, 2020 (Change date)
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Grains mixed, livestock higher.Mar 17, 2020 3:00 pm - Wheat for May up 1.25 cents at 4.9925 a bushel; May. corn fell 10.75 cents at 3.44 a bushel, May oats was off 6 cents at $2.5350 a bushel; while May soybeans gained 2.5 ...
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Retail sales fall 0.5% in February, biggest drop since 2018Mar 19, 2020 8:23 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Retail sales fell 0.5% in February, the largest drop in more than a year, indicating that the consumer sector was slowing even before the coronavirus s...
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Cinemas close nationwide, studios push new movies into homesMar 18, 2020 11:48 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. movie theaters have closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, turning dark nearly all of the country's 40,000-plus screens in an unpreceden...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesMar 17, 2020 3:31 pm - Benchmark crude oil fell $1.75 to settle at $26.95 a barrel. Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell $1.32 to close at $28.73 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline ros...
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More wipes, no jeans: Amazon limits shipments to warehousesMar 18, 2020 11:48 am - NEW YORK (AP) - To make room for toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other items in high demand during the global viral pandemic, Amazon said it is limiting what brands and...
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Asian shares bounce after Wall St dive, recession warningMar 16, 2020 11:30 pm - BANGKOK (AP) - Shares reversed early losses in Asia on Tuesday after the U.S. stock market plunged to its worst day in more than three decades and huge swaths of many ec...
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Facebook bug wrongly deleted authentic coronavirus newsMar 18, 2020 11:48 am - Facebook said a bug in its anti-spam system temporarily blocked the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus. Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president of i...
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Asian stocks higher after Trump promise of virus aidMar 18, 2020 2:31 am - BEIJING (AP) - Major Asian stock markets were higher Wednesday after Wall Street rebounded on President Donald Trump's promise of aid to get the U.S. economy through the...
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Regeneron, Coupa rise; AMC Entertainment, HealthEquity fallMar 17, 2020 3:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday Amazon.com Inc., up $118.69 to $1,807.84. The online shopping giant wants to hire 100,000 pe...
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Volkswagen to close Europe plants for two weeksMar 17, 2020 8:31 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen said Tuesday it would close most of its European plants for two weeks due to uncertainty about demand for cars and supplies of parts...