Business Stories from February 24, 2021 (Change date)
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New Zealand's virus success unleashes runaway housing pricesFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand's success in battling the coronavirus has unleashed an unanticipated problem: skyrocketing house prices. When the pandemic fir...
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Asian shares slip on jitters over inflation, interest ratesFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Shares fell Wednesday in Asia as investors weighed the possibility that inflation might prompt central banks to adjust their ultra-low interest rate polic...
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Chinese official calls for 'joint efforts' in China-US tradeFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's commerce minister appealed to Washington for 'œjoint efforts'ť to revive trade but gave no indication Wednesday when tariff war talks might resume...
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Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for newsFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for t...
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GameStop shares double after tumbling for much of FebruaryFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - Wall Street's mania over GameStop is on again, at least for one afternoon. Shares in the troubled video game company more than doubled Wednesday to $91.71 apiece, the st...
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Nissan ex-CEO tells Japanese court Ghosn's pay was too lowFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Former Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa told a Japanese court Wednesday he believed the compensation for his predecessor Carlos Ghosn was too low 'œby ...
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Number of women on UK corporate boards rises 50% in 5 yearsFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Women now hold more than a third of the seats on the boards of Britain's biggest companies, meeting a government target set five years ago. The number of w...
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Verisk, Parsons fall; PRA Health Sciences, Upwork riseFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Flowserve Corp., down 80 cents to $38.75. The maker of pumps and other equipment f...
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Germany finds huge cocaine shipment; 2nd seized in BelgiumFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German customs officials have found more than 16 metric tons (17.6 U.S. tons) of cocaine in containers that arrived in Hamburg from Paraguay, authorities s...
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Chairman Powell: Fed is in no hurry to raise interest ratesFeb 24, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Wednesday that the central bank will not begin raising interest rates until it believes it has ...