Business Stories from October 6, 2021 (Change date)
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Amazon opens general store in UK, first outside the USOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Amazon on Wednesday opened its first general store outside the United States in a mall in Britain, selling the online retailer's most popular products incl...
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Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenanceOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company said. San...
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Hovnanian, Moderna fall; Acuity Brands, Colfax riseOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Boston Scientific Corp., up 42 cents to $42.86. The medical device maker is buyin...
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Barcelona says audit shows club was technically bankruptOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Barcelona was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year, the club said Wednesday. Barcelona CEO Ferrán Reverter present...
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Saudi Aramco closes near $2T valuation as oil prices rallyOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia's oil company Aramco closed on Wednesday just shy of a $2 trillion valuation the kingdom's crown prince has long sought, ...
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IMF head meets with board probing data-rigging allegationsOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the International Monetary Fund met on Wednesday with her agency's executive board, which is conducting an investigation into alleged data-...
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Fed up by pandemic, US food workers launch rare strikesOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A summer of labor unrest at U.S. food manufacturers has stretched into fall, as pandemic-weary workers continue to strike for better pay. Around 1,400...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.50 to $77.43 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for December delivery fell $1.48 to $81.08 a barrel. Wholesale ga...
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Grains mixed, livestock mixedOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for Dec. was up 1.25 cents at $7.46 a bushel; Dec. corn was off 5.25 cents at $5.3225 a bushel, Dec. oats rose 3 cents at $5.9775 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans fel...
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Poland raises interest rates, seeking to tame inflationOct 06, 2021 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates on Wednesday as the central European nation faces an accelerating inflation rate that is c...