Business Stories from March 12, 2021 (Change date)
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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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Korea's LG to invest $4.5 billion in its US battery businessMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - LG Energy Solution says it will invest more than $4.5 billion in its U.S. battery production business by 2025 as automakers ramp up production of electri...
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China regulator fines 12 firms over anti-monopoly lawMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - China's market regulator said Friday that it fined a dozen companies, including games company Tencent Holdings and Chinese search engine firm Baidu Inc....
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Nonprofits hail anti-poverty aspects of COVID relief measureMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - Nonprofit advocates have hailed Congress' passage of a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief measure that has the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty at a scale ...
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Grains lower, livestock higherMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May fell 4.50 cents at $6.39 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 2.25...
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Netflix tests out a possible password-sharing crackdownMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing. The popular streaming service has been using popups to ask some users to verify their account...
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Japan Post, Rakuten tie-up in digital delivery, cashless payMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japan's postal system is investing 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in an 8% stake in the e-commerce venture Rakuten to strengthen a partnership in deliveries...
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'It's exhausting.' A year of distance learning wears thinMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - At first, many schools announced it would last only a couple weeks. A year later, the unplanned experiment with distance learning continues for thou...
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Erdogan pledges measures to lift economy, tame inflationMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday outlined a series measures that he said would lift the country's economy, and pledged to bring the infla...
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Black Lives Matter backs Amazon union push in AlabamaMar 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Organizers trying to form the first union at an Amazon warehouse are getting support from another big name: Black Lives Matter. The group plans to hold ...