Business Stories from July 22, 2021 (Change date)
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Grains lower, liveestock higherJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - 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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Report: Disney may get $570M in tax breaks for new campusJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. stands to benefit from more than a half billion dollars in tax breaks for building a new regional campus in Florida that promise...
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US jobless claims rise to 419,000 from a pandemic lowJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - 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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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - 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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Stocks climb on Wall St gains as company earnings roll inJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Thursday for a second day as optimism about an economic recovery appeared to outweigh concern over rising ...
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Numerous websites briefly go down in widespread outageJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - 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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Mercedes sketches out all-electric scenario by decade's endJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Daimler AG's luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz says it is stepping up its transition to electric cars, doubling the share of sales planned by 2025...
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Effort to fund racially diverse climate groups gets momentumJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - 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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Amazon's mission: Getting a 'key' to your apartment buildingJul 22, 2021 7:00 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 7:00 am - 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...