Business Stories from May 3, 2021 (Change date)
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Restaurant survival hopes pick up as $28.6B in grants beginMay 04, 2021 2:48 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of restaurants and bars decimated by the COVID-19 outbreak have a better chance at survival as the government begins handing out $28.6 billion ...
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Apple's 'walled garden' faces Epic attack in app store trialMay 04, 2021 6:46 am - SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - Apple's lucrative app store was alternately portrayed as a price-gouging monopoly and a hub of world-changing innovation during the preamble to ...
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US construction spending up in March less than expectedMay 04, 2021 2:48 pm - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - U.S. construction spending bounced back in March following a February beset by frigid cold and winter storms across large swaths of the country...
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Pandemic leaves Kosovo without printed daily newspapersMay 04, 2021 6:46 am - PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Ibrahim Gashi sold daily newspapers in downtown Pristina for 35 years, until they didn't come anymore. Azem Qerkini, an accountant and newspaper ...
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Growth in US manufacturing slowed in April from March highMay 04, 2021 2:48 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Growth in U.S. manufacturing slowed slightly in April partly due to a snarled global supply chain after hitting a 37-year high in March. The Institute ...
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Asian shares mixed after strong earnings, data lift Wall StMay 03, 2021 10:30 pm - Asian shares were mixed after strong corporate earnings and economic data lifted stocks on Wall Street. Hong Kong and Sydney advanced while Seoul declined. Tokyo and Sh...
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Russia turns to China to make Sputnik shots to meet demandMay 04, 2021 6:46 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Russia is turning to multiple Chinese firms to manufacture the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in an effort to speed up production as demand soars fo...
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Grains lower, livestock mixed.May 03, 2021 3:00 pm - Wheat for May declined 17 cents at $7.2550 a bushel; May corn fell 7.75 cents at 7.3225 a bushel, May oats was off 1.75 cents at $3.9925 a bushel; while May soybeans los...
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Los Angeles Times hires ESPN's Kevin Merida as new editorMay 04, 2021 6:46 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Los Angeles Times on Monday said that Kevin Merida, who built ESPN's The Undefeated into a multi-media presence and spent a lengthy career in newspap...
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StubHub to refund canceled events after pandemic complaintsMay 03, 2021 11:30 am - StubHub is offering some customers cash refunds for tickets to events that were canceled during the pandemic, creating an exception to a no-refunds policy it adopted in ...