Business Stories from May 13, 2021 (Change date)
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McDonald's raising US workers' pay in company-owned storesMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - McDonald's is raising pay at 650 company-owned stores in the U.S. as part of its push to hire thousands of new workers in a tight labor market. The fast-food giant is al...
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Grains lower, livestock mixed.May 13, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May was off 1 cent at $7.5650 a bushel; May corn dropped 29...
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Apple holds edge in app store trial despite nagging issuesMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - Apple seems to be prevailing in an antitrust trial examining whether its mobile app store illegally skims profits from smaller companies. But th...
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Stocks open higher on Wall Street as Big Tech regains groundMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following three days of losses and the biggest one-day drop in the S&P 500 since February. Big Tech companies like Apple and Mic...
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DoorDash sales surged in Q1 even as dining rooms reopenMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - DoorDash on Thursday reported that its sales nearly tripled in the first three months of the year as demand for food delivery remained elevated even as U.S. restaurants ...
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Driven by despair, Lebanese pharmacist looks to life abroadMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The shelves are bare at the Panacea pharmacy north of Beirut. Its owner, Rita El Khoury, has spent the past few weeks packing up her career, apart...
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'~Amazing': Pilots, passenger uninjured after midair crashMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested an emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was ne...
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Pipeline hack sends people scrambling for fuel in the SouthMay 13, 2021 7:00 am - CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) - A run on gas following a computer hack of the nation's largest fuel pipeline had North Carolina tow-truck driver Jonathan King worried about whethe...
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DuPage County to seek proposals for new election equipmentMay 13, 2021 5:30 am - DuPage County is in the market for new voting equipment that its top election official says would replace an outdated system and make the election process “better and fa...
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Warrenville's Fuel Tech reports Q1 resultsMay 13, 2021 1:00 am - Warrenville-based Fuel Tech, Inc., a technology company providing advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems, emissions control, and water...