Business Stories from December 4, 2020 (Change date)
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesDec 04, 2020 2:00 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose 62 cents to $46.26 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for February delivery rose 54 cents to $49.25 a barrel. Wholesale ...
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Google AI researcher's exit sparks ethics, bias concernsDec 04, 2020 4:01 pm - Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google's public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful us...
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Vegas execs sue online travel firms, allege unpaid hotel taxDec 04, 2020 12:31 pm - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two prominent Las Vegas communications executives have sued more than 20 online travel companies for back taxes that they say should have been paid to N...
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US adds Chinese chipmaker, oil giant to security blacklistDec 04, 2020 2:31 am - BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. government has stepped up a feud with Beijing over security by adding China's biggest maker of processor chips and a state-owned oil giant to a b...
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Mining giant Glencore lays out climate plan as CEO retiresDec 04, 2020 11:01 am - BERLIN (AP) - Mining giant Glencore said Friday that it aims to stop adding greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere by 2050. The Anglo-Swiss company, which is one of ...
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MLB sues insurance providers, cites billions in virus lossesDec 04, 2020 7:01 pm - Major League Baseball and all 30 of its teams are suing their insurance providers, citing billions of dollars in losses during the 2020 season played almost entirely wit...
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Denmark to stop pumping oil, gas in North SeaDec 04, 2020 4:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Denmark has decided to end to all oil and gas offshore activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, sayin...
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Grains mixed, livestock lowerDec 04, 2020 9:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was up .028 cent at $5.7620 a bushel; Dec. corn fell .03...
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Grains mostley lower and livestock lowerDec 04, 2020 2:00 pm - Wheat for Dec. fell 5.25 cents at 5.7175 a bushel; Dec. corn lost 5.50 cents at 4.17 a bushel, Dec. oats rose 9.50 cents at $3.1325 a bushel; while Jan. soybeas fell 5.2...
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Illinois' first Amazon Fresh store to open Thursday in NapervilleDec 09, 2020 9:25 am - Technology and convenience are at the center of the state's first Amazon Fresh grocery store, slated to open Thursday in Naperville, company leaders said. The roughly 35...