Business Stories from September 24, 2020 (Change date)
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Natural gas company to provide $10M in grants to nonprofitsSep 24, 2020 2:36 pm - LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - The charitable arm of the gas company blamed for a series of natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts two years ago said Thursday it will...
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Russian pleads not guilty in foiled Tesla ransomware plotSep 24, 2020 7:00 pm - RENO, Nev. (AP) - A Russian citizen accused of offering a Tesla employee $1 million to enable a ransomware attack at the electric car company's plant in Nevada denied wr...
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BMW fined $18 million for inflating monthly US sales figuresSep 24, 2020 5:00 pm - DETROIT (AP) - BMW will pay an $18 million fine to settle allegations that it inflated its monthly U.S. sales numbers for five straight years. The Securities and Exchan...
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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixedSep 24, 2020 3:00 pm - Wheat for Dec. was up .75 cent at 5.4975 a bushel; Dec. corn fell 5 cents at 3.6350 a bushel, Dec. oats was off 2 cents at $2.8575 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans was decl...
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Innocent Madoff investors must pay back profits, court rulesSep 24, 2020 6:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Investors who profited from Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme even though they knew nothing of it must still pay back their profits, an appeals court...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesSep 24, 2020 2:36 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose 38 cents to $40.31 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for November delivery rose 17 cents to $41.94 a barrel. Wholesa...
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German economy rebounding, faces risk from virus resurgenceSep 24, 2020 5:30 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - A widely watched indicator of German business confidence has risen for a fifth month in a row as Europe's largest economy rebounds from the cor...
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TikTok's owner applies for Chinese license to close US dealSep 28, 2020 6:38 am - BEIJING (AP) - TikTok's owner said Thursday it has applied for a Chinese technology export license as it tries to complete a deal with Oracle and Walmart to keep the pop...
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Fraud, backlogs disrupt US unemployment benefit paymentsSep 24, 2020 3:31 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Many American workers applying for unemployment benefits after being thrown out of a job by the coronavirus face a new complication: States' efforts to...
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UK announces new plan to help workers hit by pandemicSep 24, 2020 12:31 pm - LONDON (AP) - Britain's treasury chief announced a new income support program Thursday for workers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, as the government races to prevent w...