Business Stories from September 29, 2020 (Change date)
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Amazon sees broad audience for its palm recognition techSep 29, 2020 3:30 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon has introduced new palm recognition technology in a pair of Seattle stores and sees a broader potential audience in stadiums, offices and other gat...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesSep 29, 2020 3:00 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.31 to $39.29 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for November delivery fell $1.40 to $41.03 a barrel. Wholesale gaso...
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No party planned for Berlin's new, much-delayed airportSep 29, 2020 5:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The opening of Berlin's new airport on Oct. 31 will happen without fanfare, operators say, a nod to the long delays and massive cost overrun since construc...
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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixedSep 29, 2020 3:00 pm - Wheat for Dec. was off .75 cent at 5.4950 a bushel; Dec. corn fell 2 cents at 3.6475 a bushel, Dec. oats rose 2.50 cents at $2.7750 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans lost 3....
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Japan's NTT to spend $38B to buy out, take DoCoMo privateSep 29, 2020 4:31 am - MITO, Japan (AP) - Japanese telecoms giant Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, or NTT, announced Tuesday it will spend 4.3 trillion yen ($38 billion) to buy out and take priva...
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S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller: US home prices rise 3.9% in JulySep 29, 2020 8:31 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home prices rose at a faster pace in July as the housing market continued to show strength in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. The S&P CoreL...
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Dutch competition watchdog fines 4 tobacco companiesSep 29, 2020 8:30 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch consumer watchdog has fined four major tobacco companies a total of more than 82 million euros ($96 million) for distorting compe...
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Consumer confidence posts solid gain to 101.8 in SeptemberSep 29, 2020 10:30 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumer confidence rebounded more quickly in September than most economists had expected though they remain far from levels that were the norm be...
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Trump approves permit for Alaska cross-border railroad lineSep 29, 2020 7:30 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved a permit for a proposed rail line connecting Alaska and Canada. So-called presidential permits are re...
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Bereft of scripted shows, opening week ratings down for TVSep 29, 2020 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The surest sign of how the coronavirus shutdown has devastated the television industry is the fourth-place finish of CBS in what was nominally the first ...