Business Stories from February 18, 2021 (Change date)
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US long-term mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.81%Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - U.S. long-term mortgage rates ticked up this week but remain at historic lows as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the economy even ...
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Grains, livestock mixed.Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar.rose 18.50 cents at 6.6250 ceents a bushel; Mar. corn fell 2.75 cents at 5.5025 a bushel, Mar. oats was up .50 cent at $3.5325 a bushel; while Mar. soybean...
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Kia and Hyundai recovering from days-long network outagesFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Kia Motors America says it's restoring services crippled by a computer network outage that began Saturday and which apparently affected dealers' ability to...
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Air France-KLM plunges to huge loss in pandemic-hit yearFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Air France-KLM plunged to a 7.1 billion euro ($8.5 billion) loss in 2020 as the global pandemic grounded planes and halted travel plans worldwide causing a ...
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Farmers block trains in northern India to protest new lawsFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Thousands of protesting farmers blocked trains on Thursday by sitting on railroad tracks in parts of northern India to press their demand for the repeal...
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'A complete bungle': Texas' energy pride goes out with coldFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Anger over Texas' power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze continued to mount Wednesday as millions of residents in the energy capit...
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Cost controls, luxury sales help Daimler weather pandemicFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Car and truck maker Daimler increased its profits by 48% to 4.0 billion euros ($4.8 billion euros) in 2020 thanks to extensive cost-cutting and...
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Grains, livestock mixed.Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar.rose 18.50 cents at 6.6250 ceents a bushel; Mar. corn fell 2.75 cents at 5.5025 a bushel, Mar. oats was up .50 cent at $3.5325 a bushel; while Mar. soybean...
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Australian media law raises questions about 'pay for clicks'Feb 18, 2021 6:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Timothy Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, says Australian plans to make digital giants ...
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British bank Barclays resumes dividends despite profit fallFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British banking firm Barclays is resuming dividend payouts despite reporting a big drop in profits last year after it set aside 4.8 billion pounds ($6.7 bi...