Business Stories from May 1, 2020 (Change date)
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Rural California county hums back to life, defying orderMay 01, 2020 7:00 am - ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) - At the Brass Rail, two neon signs were beaming 'œOPEN" Friday, as the town and county slowly hummed to life, the first to do so in California in d...
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Exxon profits drop as most of world stays home, forgoes fuelMay 01, 2020 7:00 am - 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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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesMay 01, 2020 7:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose 94 cents, or 5%, to close at $19.78 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell 4 cents, or 0.2%, ...
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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed.May 01, 2020 7:00 am - \CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery rose 6.40 cents at $5.2640 a bushel; May co...
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Virgin Galactic completes first glide flight in New MexicoMay 01, 2020 7:00 am - 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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Grains mixed, livestock higherMay 01, 2020 7:00 am - 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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US Steel expects to lay off 2,700 as virus reduces demandMay 01, 2020 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - U.S. Steel expects to lay off roughly 2,700 employees as the demand for iron and steel drops during the coronavirus pandemic, the company said. The Pit...
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Grains mixed, livestock higherMay 01, 2020 7:00 am - 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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Clark Construction helps transform COVID-19 facilityMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - BLUE ISLAND - Clark Construction Group, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has successfully transformed the MetroSouth Medical Center - a shuttered...
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Feder: 'Those Were the Days' celebrates 50th year SaturdayMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - Fifty years to the day after Chuck Schaden premiered "Those Were the Days," he'll be back to mark the half-century milestone of the nostalgic weekly showcase for the Gol...