Business Stories from July 19, 2021 (Change date)
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJul 19, 2021 2:34 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $5.39 to $66.42 a barrel Monday. Brent crude oil for September delivery fell $4.97 to $68.62 a barrel. Wholesale gasoli...
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Pandemic recession ended in April 2020, shortest on recordJul 20, 2021 7:03 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It hit like a derailed train, was hugely destructive but short-lived. The recession that broke out with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic lasted ju...
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Zoom buying Five9 in $14.7B all-stock transactionJul 19, 2021 9:35 am - Zoom, the videoconferencing company whose growth was supercharged by the pandemic over the past year, will buy the cloud call center company Five9 in an all-stock deal v...
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Publisher Scholastic Inc. names Peter Warwick its new CEOJul 19, 2021 9:36 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scholastic Inc. has appointed a successor to longtime president and CEO Richard Robinson, who died last month. Peter Warwick, an independent director sin...
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Blue Origin brings space tourism to tiny Texas townJul 20, 2021 1:35 am - VAN HORN, Texas (AP) - For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains, read simply: 'œFa...
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Grains mixed, liveestock mixedJul 19, 2021 2:34 pm - Wheat for Sept. rose 5.25 cents at $6.9775 a bushel; Sept. corn was unchanged at 5.56 a bushel, Sept. oats was off 4.25 cents at $4.3175 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans de...
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Asian shares fall on virus variant worries, Wall St retreatJul 19, 2021 11:12 pm - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares fell Tuesday as worries were growing that a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus could upend the global economic recovery. Japan's benc...
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Zoom, Royal Caribbean fall; Cytokinetics, SPX Flow riseJul 19, 2021 3:34 pm - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Royal Caribbean Group, down $2.88 to $69.51. Cruise lines and other travel-related companies fell ov...
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Pershing Square SPAC exits Universal Music dealJul 19, 2021 6:34 am - Billionaire Bill Ackman is walking away from a deal announced last month that would have given him a 10% stake in Universal Music Group, the label that is home to Taylor...
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Cyprus showcases ancient undersea harbor to draw touristsJul 19, 2021 2:34 am - AMATHUS, Cyprus (AP) - It's said that Demetrius the Besieger, a mighty warrior king and one of Alexander the Great's successors, built this harbor on Cyprus' southern co...