Business Stories from July 21, 2021 (Change date)
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Michael Avenatti denies embezzlement charges in CaliforniaJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer recently sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in a $25 million extortion case in New York, now is on trial in C...
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Ford, Argo AI to deploy autonomous vehicles on Lyft networkJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. and a self-driving vehicle company it partly owns will join with the Lyft ride-hailing service to offer autonomous rides on the Lyft networ...
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Coke sales surge in Q2 as re-openings gain momentumJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - Coca-Cola Co.'s sales rebounded faster than expected as the impact of the pandemic abated. The Atlanta-based soft drink giant said its revenue jumped 42% to $10.1 billio...
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Sleep Number, Netflix fall; Chipotle, Lands' End riseJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Netflix Inc., down $17.42 to $513.63. The video streaming pioneer reported its worst slowdown in ...
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Dallas Morning News names veteran journalist to run newsroomJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Veteran journalist Katrice Hardy has been appointed executive editor of The Dallas Morning News, becoming the first Black person to run the 125-year-old da...
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Couple in eBay harassment case sues company, ex-officialsJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts couple subjected to threats and other bizarre harassment from former eBay Inc. employees filed a civil lawsuit against the Silicon Valley g...
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Grains mixed, liveestock higherJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for Sep. was up 10.25 cents at $7.1075 a bushel; Sep. corn was unchanged at 5.7175 a bushel, Sep. oats advanced 4 cents at $4.5475 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans fe...
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Bank of England sets itself 'stretching' diversity targetsJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England said Wednesday it has set itself 'œstretching'ť targets to increase diversity within its ranks after an internal review found ethnic mi...
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4 journalists at shut Hong Kong paper charged with collusionJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong police charged two top editors and two editorial writers at Apple Daily with collusion weeks after the city's largest pro-democracy newspaper ...
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Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slowsJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - Netflix reported its worst slowdown in subscriber growth in eight years as people emerge from their pandemic cocoons. So it's adding a new attra...