Business Stories from September 16, 2020 (Change date)
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesSep 16, 2020 3:00 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose $1.88 to $40.16 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for November delivery rose $1.69 to $42.22 a barrel. Wholesale gas...
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Japan's Hitachi pulls out of UK nuclear projectSep 16, 2020 5:30 am - LONDON (AP) - Work on a major new nuclear power station in Britain will stop after Japanese company Hitachi pulled out of the project. Hitachi halted work on the Horizon...
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Report finds global economic outlook not as bad as expectedSep 16, 2020 8:30 am - PARIS (AP) - The global economy is not doing as bad as previously expected, especially in the United States and China, but has still suffered an unprecedented drop due t...
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Top EU official proposes new 2030 target to reduce emissionsSep 16, 2020 8:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's top official proposed a more ambitious target Wednesday for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, setting a reduction goal of ...
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Phone flip: New Quibi series 'Wireless' empowers the viewerSep 16, 2020 10:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Most directors insist on having final edit approval of their films. Not the creators of 'œWireless.'ť The series on the mobile-platform Quibi employs an ...
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US charges 5 Chinese citizens in global hacking campaignSep 17, 2020 3:31 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and abroad,...
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Raytheon doubles job cuts to 15,000, citing airline downturnSep 16, 2020 5:00 pm - WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Raytheon Technologies Corp. plans to eliminate more than 15,000 jobs this year at its corporate offices, jet engine-maker Pratt & Whitney and aviat...
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Grains higher, livestock lowerSep 16, 2020 10:00 am - \CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. rose .024 cent at $5.39 a bushel; Dec. corn was up ...
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Bones to pick, for $8M: Stan the T rex goes up for auctionSep 16, 2020 4:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - He weighed at least 7 tons and had eyes the size of baseballs. His bite could have crushed a car. He bore scars from fierce prehistoric battles. All this...
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Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inactionSep 18, 2020 6:24 am - LONDON - Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities are taking part in a 24-hour Instagram "freeze" on Wednesday to protest against what th...