Business Stories from December 21, 2020 (Change date)
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UAE top diplomat acknowledges visa restrictions on PakistanDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates' top diplomat has publicly acknowledged a so-far unexplained ban on visitors from Pakistan, which travel agen...
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Kansas City Star apologizes for racially biased coverageDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Star's top editor has apologized for past decades of racially biased coverage and the newspaper has posted a series of stories ex...
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Bergman succeeds Horn as Disney Studios chairmanDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - Walt Disney Co. veteran Alan Bergman has been named chairman of Disney Studios, the company said Monday. Bergman will be succeeding Alan Horn, who will remain chief crea...
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Asian shares extend losses on worries about spread of virusDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - Asian shares retreated on Tuesday, extending losses on growing worries over a new, potentially more infectious strain of the coronavirus. The outbreaks are raising worr...
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McDonald's sells 'Spam burger' with cookie crumbs in ChinaDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - McDonald's is selling a sandwich made of Spam topped with crushed Oreo cookies Monday in China in an attention-grabbing move that has raised eyebrows. Gl...
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Asia Today: Seoul area curbing public gatheringsDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Gatherings of more than five people will be banned in South Korea's capital region as an elevated step to suppress what authorities call an 'œe...
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Kansas City newspaper reckons with its racial mistreatmentDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The first significant attention that the Kansas City Star gave to hometown hero and jazz legend Charlie "Bird" Parker came when he died in 1955 - and the...
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China criticizes US corporate auditing penaltiesDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's government on Monday called on Washington not to enforce a measure that might expel Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges if they fail Ameri...
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Report: gov't spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reportersDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely ...
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Fox, Newsmax shoot down their own aired claims on electionDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two election technology companies whose names have come up in President Donald Trump's false charges of widespread voter fraud in the presidential electi...