Business Stories from April 28, 2021 (Change date)
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NZ Rugby votes to sell commercial share to US investorsApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand Rugby will move ahead with a plan to sell a 12.5% stake in its commercial rights, mainly the All Blacks, to U.S. investors aft...
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Fed keeps key rate near zero, sees inflation as 'transitory'Apr 28, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy is quickly strengthening, inflation is showing signs of picking up and the nation is making progress toward defeating the viral pandem...
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California man guilty in $100M Afghanistan fraud schemeApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a scheme to bilk the Afghanistan government out of more than $100 million with a phony bid to build an elec...
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Apple profit soars in latest quarter on higher iPhone salesApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - Demand for the iPhone and other Apple products drove profits to more than double in the January-March period as the tech giant continued to capitalize on smartphone addi...
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Alphabet, Visa rise; Amgen, Boeing fallApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Alphabet Inc., up $68.06 to $2,359.04. Google's parent company handily beat analys...
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EU lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade treatyApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders, their British counterparts and European businesses expressed hope Wednesday that the final ratification of the post-Brexit trade ...
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Boeing posts $537 million loss in Q1, less than a year agoApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - Boeing Co. reported a wider than expected first-quarter loss on Wednesday, although revenue met Wall Street forecasts as the company generated cash by delivering more ne...
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China to launch Heavenly Harmony space station core moduleApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China plans to launch the core module for its first permanent space station this week in the latest big step forward for the country's space exploration p...
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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed.Apr 28, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for May fell 8.50 cents at 7.2525 a bushel; May corn lost 9.25 cents at 6.8625 a bushel, May oats was off 4.75 cents at $3.9875 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 8...
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China cuts steel import tariffs to push industry to improveApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China suspended some import taxes on steel Wednesday as part of a multiyear campaign to use market pressures to force Chinese producers to shrink and beco...