Business Stories from July 22, 2021 (Change date)
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Amazon's mission: Getting a 'key' to your apartment buildingJul 22, 2021 11:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells. The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country - sometimes with financial incentives - to give i...
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Twitter posts stronger-than-expected Q2 results, shares jumpJul 22, 2021 4:30 pm - Twitter on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected earnings for the second quarter thanks to growing advertising demand across all geographic regions and types of ad prod...
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US jobless claims rise to 419,000 from a pandemic lowJul 27, 2021 3:09 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week from the lowest point of the pandemic, even as the job market appears to be reboun...
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Numerous websites briefly go down in widespread outageJul 22, 2021 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Major websites went down Thursday in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage. The websites of Airbnb, AT&T, Costco and Delta showed error mess...
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Grains lower, liveestock higherJul 22, 2021 3:00 pm - Wheat for Sep. was off 18.50 cents at $6.9225 a bushel; Sep. corn was down 7.25 cents at $5.6450 a bushel, Sep. oats lost .25 cent at $4.5450 a bushel; while Aug. soybea...
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US average mortgage rates dip for 4th week; 30-year at 2.78%Jul 23, 2021 2:31 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Mortgage rates fell for the fourth straight week, undercut by worries that the surging delta coronavirus variant and the worsening pandemic in hotspots...
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Spain: Judge jails suspect wanted by US in 2020 Twitter hackJul 22, 2021 8:31 am - MADRID (AP) - A British man wanted in the United States in connection with a Twitter hack that compromised dozens of influential accounts has been jailed in Spain while ...
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Effort to fund racially diverse climate groups gets momentumJul 22, 2021 4:30 pm - Efforts to increase how much philanthropic funding goes to minority-led environmental organizations are gaining momentum, with one group's push for transparency from the...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJul 22, 2021 3:00 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $1.61 to $71.91 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for September delivery rose $1.56 to $73.79 a barrel. Wholesale g...
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Southwest, American post 2Q profits as air travel picks upJul 27, 2021 3:09 pm - DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both posted second-quarter profits on Thursday thanks to generous federal pandemic relief that covers most of thei...