Business Stories from June 2, 2021 (Change date)
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Volkswagen tests electric cars, transit apps on Greek islandJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - German carmaker Volkswagen launched a five-year project Wednesday on the small Greek Aegean island of Astypalea to test the adoption of electric ve...
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Huawei rolls out its own operating system to smartphonesJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two ...
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Asian shares mixed after lackluster day on Wall StreetJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street began a post-holiday week on a lackluster note. Shares rose in Tokyo and Sydney but fell in Hong Kon...
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CBS is champ of television season for 13th consecutive yearJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a designation that feels a little less significant every year, CBS has finished the 2020-21 television season as the nation's most-watched television ...
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Gary airport gets $3.5 million to finish improvementsJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - The Gary/Chicago International Airport is receiving a $3.5 million federal grant to finish improvements to a key approach to its main runway, officials...
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Amazon to hold Prime Day over 2 days in JuneJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Wednesday that it will hold its annual Prime Day over two days in June this year, the earliest it has ever held the sales event. Typically, ...
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China trade envoy, US Treasury secretary meet by videoJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's chief economic envoy and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held their first meeting by video Wednesday, but the two sides gave no indication when ne...
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Grains mostly lower Liveestock mixed.Jun 02, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for July fell 6 cents at $6.8750 a bushel; July corn lost 13.75 cents at 6.75 a bushel, July oats was off .75 cent at 3.84 a bushel; while July soybeans rose 14 ce...
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German biotech company MorphoSys buys US rival for $1.7BJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Germany-based MorphoSys AG said Wednesday that it is buying U.S. rival Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a deal valuing the biotech company at $1.7 bil...
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Even after Madoff's death, work to unwind epic fraud goes onJun 02, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Epic Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff is dead. But the effort to untangle his web of deceit lives on. More than 12 years after Madoff confessed to ...