Business Stories from July 21, 2021 (Change date)
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJul 21, 2021 3:01 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.88 to $70.30 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for September delivery also rose $2.88 to $72.23 a barrel. Whole...
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Pharmacist in meningitis outbreak gets more prison timeJul 21, 2021 2:02 pm - BOSTON (AP) - A former Massachusetts pharmacist convicted for his role in a deadly 2012 multistate meningitis outbreak that killed more than 100 people and sickened hund...
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Greece takes delivery of 1st of 18 French Rafale warplanesJul 21, 2021 10:44 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece took delivery Wednesday of the first of 18 French Rafale fighter jets, part of a major military procurement plan as the country seeks to upg...
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Coke sales surge in Q2 as re-openings gain momentumJul 21, 2021 11:40 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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Ford, Argo AI to deploy autonomous vehicles on Lyft networkJul 21, 2021 6:41 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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Netflix confirms move into video games as its growth slowsJul 21, 2021 12:03 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...
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Grains, livestock mixed.Jul 21, 2021 10:44 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sep. was off 3.75 cents at $7.0350 a bushel; Sep. corn fel...
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UK man arrested in Spain, charged in US with Twitter hackJul 21, 2021 4:32 pm - A British man has been charged in the United States in connection with a Twitter hack last summer that compromised the accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and...
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Bank of England sets itself 'stretching' diversity targetsJul 21, 2021 11:12 am - LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England said Wednesday it has set itself 'Å“stretching'Å¥ targets to increase diversity within its ranks after an internal review found ethnic mi...
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No sale: Deadline for sale of Harvard's former Motorola campus passes without closingAug 03, 2021 8:49 am - The deadline has passed for a Canadian data center to close on Harvard's former Motorola campus, leaving local officials with unanswered questions about the future of th...