Business Stories from January 20, 2021 (Change date)
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Grains mostly lower and livestock higher.Jan 20, 2021 2:00 pm - Wheat for Mar. fell 4.50 cents at 6.6775 a bushel; Mar. corn lost 4 cents at 5.22 a bushel, Mar. oats was up 1.50 cents at $3.5750 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans declined...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJan 20, 2021 2:00 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose 26 cents to $53.24 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for March delivery rose 18 cents to $56.08 a barrel. Wholesale...
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Fierce California winds fan fires, topple trees and trucksJan 20, 2021 7:30 am - SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Months-old embers from a deadly California fire were blown back to life Tuesday by powerful winds that raked the state and prompted safety blac...
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Comfort TV viewing gives ratings boost to football, dramasJan 20, 2021 7:01 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - An unprecedented impeachment hearing failed to keep TV viewers from settling back into familiar, escapist habits last week. NFL and college football a...
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EU fines video game firms for blocking cross-border salesJan 20, 2021 10:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The European Union has issued fines to a U.S. video game platform and five game makers after they blocked players from buying cheaper copies of the games i...
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Jack's back: Chinese e-tycoon ends silence with online videoJan 20, 2021 12:30 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's highest-profile entrepreneur, Jack Ma, appeared Wednesday in an online video, ending a 2 1/2-month absence from public view that prompted speculat...
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Morgan Stanley profits rise 48%, helped by strong marketsJan 20, 2021 1:30 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Morgan Stanley saw its fourth-quarter profits surge 48% from a year earlier, as the Wall Street bank benefited from the market's upward swing and ...
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Yellen taps Obama administration vets for key Treasury rolesJan 20, 2021 5:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that Didem Nisanci will serve as Janet Yellen's chief of staff once Yellen is confirmed by the Senate. Nisa...
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Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refugeJan 22, 2021 7:36 am - JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration announced plans Wednesday for a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing in Alaska's Arctic National Wildli...
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Bartlett awards grant for village's 1st bakery in 11 yearsJan 22, 2021 7:45 am - Bartlett trustees on Tuesday approved a $7,000 economic development assistance grant to help the village's first independent bakery in more than a decade open before Val...