Business Stories from June 16, 2021 (Change date)
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Oracle, La-Z-Boy fall; General Motors, Rambus riseJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Oracle Corp., down $4.56 to $77.08. Investors were disappointed by the software ma...
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China says nuclear fuel rods damaged, no radiation leakJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese nuclear power plant near Hong Kong had five broken fuel rods in a reactor but no radioactivity leaked, the government said Wednesday in its firs...
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India says Twitter knowingly not complying with local lawsJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - The standoff between the Indian government and Twitter escalated Wednesday when the country's technology minister accused the social media giant of deli...
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Making hot sauce and working to save wetlandsJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - AVERY ISLAND, La. (AP) - As storms grow more violent and Louisiana loses more of its coast, the family that makes Tabasco Sauce is fighting erosion in the marshland that...
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Ukraine police seize cash in raids on major ransomware gangJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Ukrainian police have carried out nearly two dozen raids targeting alleged associates of a Russian-speaking ransomware gang it blamed for a half billion do...
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Asian stocks follow Wall St lower on Fed hints at rate hikesJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated it might ease off economic stimulus earlier than previously th...
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Energy milestone: Florida utility topples last coal chimneyJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANTOWN, Fla. (AP) - Florida Power & Light imploded the towering chimney stack of its last coal-fired generating plant on Wednesday, a milestone in its transition to ...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose 3 cents to $72.15 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for August delivery rose 40 cents to $74.39 a barrel. Wholesale gas...
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Black scholar Earl Lewis on the Floyd murder and reparationsJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - Reparations, Earl Lewis says, are not about the past. Rather, they are very much about the present, says the founding director of the University of Michigan Center for S...
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GM, Ford outdo each other with electric vehicle investmentsJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - General Motors will raise spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers will eagerly switch...