Business Stories from October 1, 2020 (Change date)
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesOct 01, 2020 3:00 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.50 to $38.72 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for December delivery fell $1.37 to $40.93 a barrel. Wholesale gas...
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Grains mixed, livestock mixedOct 01, 2020 3:30 pm - Wheat for Dec. fell 7.70 cents at 5.7025 a bushel; Dec. corn was up 3.75 cents at 3.8275 a bushel, Dec. oats was off 1.75 cents at $2.84 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans wa...
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Consumer spending gains slow to 1% in AugustOct 02, 2020 2:24 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumer spending slowed in August and personal income fell as a $600 weekly benefit for Americans who are unemployed during the pandemic expired....
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US housing roars back despite recession, high unemploymentOct 02, 2020 2:24 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. housing market has staged a furious comeback this summer, even as the economy struggles to regain its footing after being knocked into a rece...
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Grains higher, livestock mixedOct 01, 2020 10:00 am - \CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. gained .182 cent at $5.7820 a bushel; Dec. corn rose...
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Airline furloughs begin as federal pandemic relief expiresOct 01, 2020 3:01 pm - U.S. airlines began furloughing more than 32,000 employees on Thursday after a federal prohibition on job cuts expired. American Airlines and United Airlines said that t...
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Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes trading after technical outageOct 01, 2020 7:31 pm - TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo Stock Exchange resumed normal operations Friday after repairs of malfunctions in its computer systems that halted trading for an entire day in the wor...
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Asia shares mixed in thin holiday trading after Wall St gainOct 01, 2020 10:00 pm - Asian shares were mixed Friday in thin holiday trading, with markets in South Korea, Shanghai and Hong Kong closed. The Nikkei 225 index shed strong early gains to edge...
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Amazon: Nearly 20,000 workers tested positive for COVID-19Oct 05, 2020 8:20 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Thursday that nearly 20,000 of its front-line U.S. workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19....
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Boeing picks South Carolina over Seattle for 787 productionOct 05, 2020 8:20 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Boeing said Thursday it will shut down the original assembly line for its two-aisle 787 jetliner near Seattle and consolidate the plane's production in So...