Business Stories from July 28, 2021 (Change date)
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Equatorial Guinea's VP loses embezzlement appeal in FranceJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - France's top court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Equatorial Guinea's vice president for money laundering and embezzling millions of dollars in publi...
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Alphabet, Boeing rise; Spotify, CoStar Group fallJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Alphabet Inc., up $83.88 to $2,721.88. The parent company of Google reported that its profits incr...
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Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdownJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Journalists in Myanmar face extreme peril as the military-controlled government cracks down on independent reporting, human rights and media advocates say...
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For the first time since 2019, Boeing knocks out a profitJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - Boeing reported its first quarterly profit since 2019 and revenue topped expectations as the giant aircraft maker tries to dig out from the most difficult stretch in its...
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Asia stocks advance, tech giants rally after Fed reportJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - SINGAPORE (AP) - Asian stocks mostly rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept its accommodative monetary policies and signaled that economic recovery was on track. ...
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Little hope for 5 missing workers at German blast siteJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Officials said Wednesday they have little hope of finding five missing workers alive, a day after an explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies...
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Japan's Nissan returns to profit, forecasts profit for yearJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Nissan reported a 114.5 billion yen ($1 billion) profit for the April-June quarter as its sales and profitability improved, especially in the U.S. market. T...
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Gun maker offers $33M to settle suit by Sandy Hook familiesJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has offered some of the victims' families nearly $33 million to settle th...
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Man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to lifeJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - CANTON, Ga. (AP) - A man accused of killing eight people, mostly women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in four of t...
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Forfeiture of ancient tablet bought by Hobby Lobby approvedJul 28, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York has approved the forfeiture of a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from I...