Business Stories from June 18, 2020 (Change date)
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Asian shares slip as global rally eases off the acceleratorJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's N...
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JD.com racks up $38B in sales in annual online shopping festJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - JD.com's annual 'œ618'ť online shopping extravaganza racked up a total of 269.2 billion yuan ($38 billion) worth of transactions, as consumers splurged ...
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1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefitsJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reope...
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European Central Bank hands out 1.3 trillion euros in loansJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank has handed out 1.31 trillion euros ($1.46 trillion) in long-term, ultra-cheap credit to hundreds of banks as part of ...
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American Airlines bans man who refused to wear face maskJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines has banned a man who was kicked off a plane for refusing to wear a face covering, among the first such incidents since airlines promised ...
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Peter Jackson to make original animated content for WetaJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - Weta Digital, the Academy Award-winning visual effects company that made 'œThe Lord of the Rings'ť and 'œAvatar'ť possible, is making original animated content for cinem...
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Spotify, ABM rise; Hertz, Designer Brands fallJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: T-Mobile US Inc., up $3.76 to $106.39. The wireless carrier named a new chief financial o...
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$68 million tax breaks may go to put Tesla plant to AustinJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An Austin-area school district is considering offering more than $60 million in tax incentives to attract a proposed Tesla 'œgigafactory'ť to Centra...
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Russia lifts ineffective ban on Telegram messaging appJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's communications watchdog said Thursday it would lift a ban on the popular messaging app Telegram after two years of unsuccessful attempts to block ...
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Pandemic gives businesses lessons in survival, innovationJun 18, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When the coronavirus outbreak forced Sean Giovanni to shut down his recording studio in for two months, he dropped off mobile equipment at staffers' and ...