Business Stories from July 7, 2020 (Change date)
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Asia Today: China's university exam begins after virus delayJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Almost 11 million students began taking China's university entrance exam Tuesday after a delay as the country worked to bring down coronav...
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Asian shares mixed as pandemic saps buying momentumJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday as uncertainty over the pandemic sapped the buying enthusiasm that has been driving prices higher. The selling follo...
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Small business program scrutinized for loans to big firmsJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Congress set aside $659 billion to throw a lifeline to small businesses and organizations side-swiped by the coronavirus pandemic and to help paychecks k...
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Kanye West? Tim McGraw? Girl Scouts? All got PPP loansJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoffs Americans have s...
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Hiring soared in May as mass layoffs easedJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The job market took a big step toward healing in May, though plenty of damage remains, as a record level of hiring followed record layoffs in March and...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell 1 cent to settle at $40.62 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for September delivery dropped 2 cents to $43.08 a barrel....
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Grains mostly lower, livestock lowerJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - Wheat for Jul. was up 2.75 cents at 4.9225 a bushel; Jul. corn was off 1.50 cents at 3.45 a bushel, Jul. oats fell 2 cents $3.3775 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans lost 3.2...
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Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIVJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed...
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Dan Gilbert would keep control under Quicken Loans IPOJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Quicken Loans would become part of Rocket Companies under an initial public stock offering that would keep founder Dan Gilbert in firm control. A filing T...
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Asia markets slip as virus outbreaks mute hopes for reboundJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Markets were mostly lower in Asia on Tuesday as expanding coronavirus outbreaks dimmed hopes for a global recovery, despite an overnight rally in tech share...