Business Stories from March 17, 2020 (Change date)
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Fed launches 2 emergency programs last seen in 2008 crisisMar 17, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve put in motion two emergency lending programs Tuesday that were last deployed in response to the 2008 financial crisis, aiming to ea...
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More wipes, no jeans: Amazon limits shipments to warehousesMar 17, 2020 7:00 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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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesMar 17, 2020 7:00 am - 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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The Latest: Market likes what it hears from WashingtonMar 17, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on action in the financial markets (all times local): 4:30 p.m. This time, the stock market liked what it heard out of Washington regarding th...
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Volkswagen to close Europe plants for two weeksMar 17, 2020 7:00 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...
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US industrial production rises 0.6% in FebruaryMar 17, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. industrial production rose last month for the first time since November as chillier weather kept utiliities busy and an uptick in auto production ...
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Asian shares bounce after Wall St dive, recession warningMar 17, 2020 7:00 am - 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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Earnhardt, Busch sign on for NASCAR esports seriesMar 17, 2020 7:00 am - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch and other NASCAR drivers have signed on to race in an exhibition esports series while their cars are kept off t...
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Cinemas close nationwide, studios push new movies into homesMar 17, 2020 7:00 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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Grains mixed, livestock higher.Mar 17, 2020 7:00 am - 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 ...