Business Stories from May 19, 2020 (Change date)
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Germany breaks taboo in effort to get EU through pandemicMay 19, 2020 11:31 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Germany's agreement to share debt with other EU countries to finance an economic recovery plan is being greeted as a political breakththrough a...
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EasyJet reveals 'sophisticated' hack of customer detailsMay 19, 2020 7:31 am - LONDON (AP) - U.K.-based budget airline easyJet said Tuesday that 'œhighly sophisticated'ť hackers accessed the email addresses and travel details of approximately 9 mil...
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As EU talks stall, UK outlines tariffs for post-Brexit worldMay 19, 2020 12:30 pm - LONDON (AP) - The British government published Tuesday the outlines of a new post-Brexit tariff regime that could potentially lead to a fall in the price of thousands of...
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Correction: Virus Outbreak-Tech Surveillance storyMay 19, 2020 4:30 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - In a story May 18, 2020, about U.S. states rolling out COVID-19 smartphone apps, The Associated Press erroneously reported that South Dakota has ...
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Mnuchin to face grilling about small-business lending effortMay 19, 2020 3:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will likely come under tough questioning from senators Tuesday about a small business lending program included in the...
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US home construction drops 30.2% in April as virus ragesMay 20, 2020 2:32 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home building plunged in April to the lowest level in five years, taken down by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce D...
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Google says it won't build AI tools for oil and gas drillersMay 19, 2020 1:30 pm - Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computing rivals Microsoft ...
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Asian shares mixed as virus worries counter recovery hopesMay 19, 2020 11:00 pm - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as market players waffled between hopes for recovery as economies gradually reopen and worries over the havoc wreaked by t...
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Gov't to lose majority Thai Airways share in restructuringMay 19, 2020 9:01 am - Bangkok (AP) - Thailand's Cabinet has approved a reduction in the government's stake in financially troubled Thai Airways International to under 50% as part of a reorgan...
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'Nobody's looking to go rogue here': Towns call for changes to state's reopening planMay 20, 2020 3:21 pm - Palatine, Arlington Heights and Hoffman Estates passed resolutions Monday calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to alter the Restore Illinois plan in an effort to help businesse...