Business Stories from March 12, 2021 (Change date)
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for April delivery fell 41 cents to $65.61 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for May delivery fell 41 cents to $69.22 a barrel. Wholesale gasolin...
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Spiking energy leads wholesale prices up 0.5% in FebruaryMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Energy prices continued to rocket higher in February, though overall wholesale prices moderated after a record jump in January. The Labor Department's...
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Stocks mostly shake off a weak start, edge to more recordsMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - A late-afternoon burst of buying helped nudge several U.S. stock indexes to all-time highs Friday, despite a pullback in Big Tech companies as bond yields headed higher....
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Journalists' group: 65 media workers killed in 2020Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - A total of 65 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2020 while doing their jobs, according to the International Federation of Journalist...
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AP study: Nearly 90% of esports scholarships going to menMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - Colleges and universities rushing to invest in the booming arena of varsity esports are overwhelmingly committing opportunities and scholarships to male players, accordi...
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Correction: Bangladesh-Transgender News Anchor storyMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - In a story March 10, 2021, about Bangladesh's first transgender news anchor, The Associated Press wrongly referred to her former name in contrav...
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Woman arrested in San Francisco assault on Uber driverMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted after he demanded a pa...
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EXPLAINER: What's this craze for 'NFTs' all about, anyway?Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A digital art piece, tweaked using cryptocurrency technology to make it one-of-a-kind, sold at auction this week for nearly $70 million. That transaction m...
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Grains lower, Livestock mixed.Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - Wheat for May was off 4 cents at 6.3850 a bushel; Mar. corn lost 10.50 cents at 5.4450 a bushel, May oats fell 7 cents at $3.7750 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans declined ...
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UK GDP shrinks 2.9% amid COVID lockdown; Brexit cuts exportsMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The British economy shrank 2.9% in January as the nation was hit by a new round of coronavirus restrictions and Brexit slashed exports to the European Unio...
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