Business Stories from May 1, 2020 (Change date)
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Captive neighbors seek relief from Amazon construction noiseMay 04, 2020 10:52 am - ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Amazon deliveries may be delayed for some folks because of the coronavirus, but construction of Amazon's new Virginia headquarters is moving right ...
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Exxon profits drop as most of world stays home, forgoes fuelMay 01, 2020 1:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Profits fell at Exxon Mobil and Chevron warned of tough times ahead as the global pandemic began to erode oil demand. Exxon lost $610 million in the fir...
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Virgin Galactic completes first glide flight in New MexicoMay 01, 2020 8:00 pm - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Unity landed in the New Mexico desert on Friday, marking its first glide flight from Spaceport America as the co...
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US construction spending increases 0.9% in MarchMay 01, 2020 1:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending edged up 0.9% in March as building activity escaped the early impacts of the coronavirus shutdowns. The Commerce Department ...
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Grains mixed, livestock higherMay 01, 2020 3:00 pm - Wheat for May gained 10.25 cents at 5.2975 a bushel; May. corn was unchanged at 3.1150 a bushel, May oats was up .50 cent at $3.07 a bushel; while May soybeans advanced ...
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Whitmer: Stay-home order still in place; some return to workMay 02, 2020 2:30 am - LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday that Michigan's stay-at-home order remains in effect through May 15 despite Republicans' refusal to extend her un...
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Stocks slide as Amazon, other companies detail virus falloutMay 01, 2020 4:00 pm - Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Friday after Amazon and other big companies reported disappointing results, the latest evidence of how the coronavirus pandemi...
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Rural California county hums back to life, defying orderMay 01, 2020 6:31 pm - ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) - At the Brass Rail, two neon signs were beaming 'Ĺ“OPEN" Friday, as the town and county slowly hummed to life, the first to do so in California in d...
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Virus worries haunt workers demanding rights on May DayMay 04, 2020 10:52 am - ATHENS, Greece - Millions of workers worldwide marked international labor day on Friday trapped between hunger and fear - struggling without jobs or worried they don't h...
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Smithfield sausage plant resumes limited work; one worker died of COVID-19May 06, 2020 8:16 am - The Smithfield sausage-making plant in St. Charles reopened with limitations Wednesday under terms agreed upon by the company, state and Kane County health departments a...