Business Stories from January 29, 2021 (Change date)
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China finance official executed in bribery caseJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a rec...
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US consumer spending fell 0.2% in December in face of virusJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumers slowed their spending by 0.2% in December, cutting back for a second straight month in a worrisome sign for an economy struggling under ...
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Pandemic ends 30-year growth streak for Polish economyJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's economy shrank 2.8% during 2020 due to the pandemic, ending three decades of constant growth, according to preliminary figures released by...
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Grains higher and livestock lower.Jan 29, 2021 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar. gained 16 cents at 6.63 a bushel; Mar. corn gained 12.50 cent at 5.47 a bushel, Mar. oats was up 2.75 cents at $3.4950 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans advan...
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GameStop soars again; Wall Street bends under the pressureJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - Another bout of selling gripped the U.S. stock market Friday, as anxiety mounts over whether the frenzy behind a swift, meteoric rise in GameStop and a handful of other ...
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Report: Mexican economy shrinks 8.5% in 2020Jan 29, 2021 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's pandemic-hit economy shrank 8.5% in 2020, the largest single-year drop since 1932 and the second consecutive year of economic contraction. Me...
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Grains mixed, livestock mixedJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was up 2.50 cents at $6.5325 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 2....
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West Virginia newspaper publisher sues Google, FacebookJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - A West Virginia news publisher has filed an antitrust suit against Google and Facebook, who together receive roughly half of all digital ad dollars in the U.S. and are f...
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German financial oversight head out after Wirecard scandalJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The head of Germany's financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganized in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment...
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Charges dropped against activist who exposed Iowa hog deathsJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped trespassing charges against an activist who helped secretly record Iowa's largest pork producer using heat to kill thousa...