Business Stories from June 9, 2021 (Change date)
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Own an Echo? Amazon may be helping itself to your bandwidthJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you've s...
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Grains mostly lower, Liveestock mixed.Jun 09, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for July was off 2.75 cents at $6.8225 a bushel; July corn rose 10.75 cents at 6.9075 a bushel, July oats fell 12 cents at 3.96 a bushel; while July soybeans decli...
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GameStop names Amazon veteran as CEO; sales accelerateJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - GameStop, the video-game retailer whose manic stock movements captivated Wall Street this year, said Wednesday that it's brought on a pair of Amazon vete...
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DNA, forensic genealogy close 65-year-old double homicideJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - DNA evidence preserved after a 1956 double homicide and the use of forensic genealogy has helped a Montana sheriff's office close the books on ...
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Fastly blames global internet outage on software bugJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Fastly, the company hit by a major outage that caused many of the world's top websites to go offline briefly this week, blamed the problem on a software bu...
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Police say nearly 250 arrested in Minnesota pipeline protestJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Nearly 250 people were arrested when protesters attempting to stop the final leg of the reconstruction of an oil pipeline across northwestern Minnesot...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell 9 cents to $69.96 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for August delivery was unchanged at $72.22 a barrel. Wholesale gas...
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El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tenderJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has approved legislation making the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender in the country, the first nat...
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Grains mostly lower, Liveestock mixed.Jun 09, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for July was off 2.75 cents at $6.8225 a bushel; July corn rose 10.75 cents at 6.9075 a bushel, July oats fell 12 cents at 3.96 a bushel; while July soybeans decli...
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GameStop gearing up to name Cohen as its chairmanJun 09, 2021 7:00 am - Meme stock GameStop is gearing up to name Ryan Cohen as its chairman on Wednesday when the video game retailer holds its annual shareholders meeting. Cohen, the co-foun...