Business Stories from April 23, 2020 (Change date)
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Sales of cleaning products amid outbreak buoy UnileverApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Increased sales of cleaning and hygiene products helped compensate falling demand for foods like ice cream amid the coronavirus crisis as c...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose $2.72, or 19.7%, to close at $16.50 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 96 cents, or 4.7...
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Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed.Apr 23, 2020 7:00 am - Wheat for May rose 4 cents at 5.47 a bushel; May. corn was up 1.75 cents at 3.1925 a bushel, May oats fell 8.25 cents at $2.95 a bushel; while May soybeans gained 4.50 c...
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Lack of sports doesn't stop DraftKings from going publicApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Sports daily fantasy and betting website DraftKings will debut as a publicly traded company Friday against a backdrop of a near-complete shutdown of athlet...
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Indiana tops 500,000 job losses; statewide virus study setApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - More than half a million people in Indiana have applied for unemployment benefits over the past five weeks as job losses mounted because of the coron...
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$23M to get Detroit students tablets, internet amid pandemicApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) - About 51,000 K-12 public school students in Detroit will receive computer tablets and high-speed internet to help transition from classroom...
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US long-term mortgage rates edge higher; 30-year at 3.33%Apr 23, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long-term mortgage rates rose slightly this week, continuing to hover near all-time lows amid anxiety over the economy and housing market gut-punched b...
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Correction: Virus Outbreak-Florida Unemployment storyApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - In a story April 20, 2020, about Florida's unemployment claims, The Associated Press incorrectly said that Luis Perulero was furloughed by Delta...
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$310B for small business loans likely spoken for, banks sayApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Small business owners still applying for loans under the government's coronavirus relief program may end up disappointed - the $310 billion being added t...
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CDC tells South Dakota pork plant how to operate more safelyApr 23, 2020 7:00 am - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that the operators of a South Dakota meatpacking plant where nearly 800 w...