Business Stories from August 19, 2020 (Change date)
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Qantas expects global travel won't resume until mid-2021Aug 19, 2020 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Qantas Airways said Thursday the pandemic cost it 4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) in revenue in the last fiscal year and warned th...
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Target, Momenta Pharmaceuticals rise; BioMarin, TJX fallAug 19, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Wednesday: Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $21.31 to $52.12. Johnson & Johnson is buying the biotechno...
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Grains mixed, livestock higherAug 19, 2020 7:00 am - Wheat for Sept. rose 4.50 cents at 5.12 a bushel; Sept. corn was off 2 cents at 3.25 a bushel, Sept. oats fell 4.75 cents at $2.6775 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans was up...
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N.C. political donor gets 7 years in prison, Hayes probationAug 19, 2020 7:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A major political donor convicted of attempting to bribe a North Carolina elected official to secure preferential regulatory treatment for his ins...
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Grains mixed, livestock higherAug 19, 2020 7:00 am - Wheat for Sept. rose 4.50 cents at 5.12 a bushel; Sept. corn was off 2 cents at 3.25 a bushel, Sept. oats fell 4.75 cents at $2.6775 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans was up...
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Target sales surge as Americans lean on big box storesAug 19, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Target reported the largest quarterly sales growth, including an online sales spike, in its 58-year-history, the latest evidence that Americans are conso...
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Avison Young brokers industrial building leaseAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - FRANKLIN PARK - Avison Young has negotiated a 113,747-square-foot full-building industrial lease at 3311 Charles St. in Franklin Park. Terms of the lease were not announ...
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Pariveda Solutions, Dallas and ChicagoAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Pariveda Solutions is a technology strategy and solutions firm with a location in Chicago, with focus on developing exceptional people to solve clients' complex and valu...
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Buffalo Grove extends sales-tax deal with Hines Lumber for 20 more yearsAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove is renewing its 20-year-old sales tax sharing agreement with its largest sales tax generator, Edward Hines Lumber Co., for two more decades. The terms rema...
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Mayor: Gurnee should be able to weather sales tax shortfallAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Gurnee's revenues were down by 30% in May, June and July compared to the same time last year - a difference of about $3.3 million - because the ongoing pandemic has shut...