Business Stories from October 20, 2021 (Change date)
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UK fines Facebook $69.4 million for failing to supply dataOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's competition watchdog fined Facebook 50.5 million pounds ($69.4 million) on Wednesday for violating rules during the U.K. investigation into the s...
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Grains higher, livestock mixedOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for Dec.gained 13.25 cents at $7.4925 a bushel; Dec. corn was up 9 cents at $5.3925 a bushel, Dec. oats rose 11 cents at $6.67 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans advanc...
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Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme parkOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - On her family's first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, a...
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Bitcoin tops $66,000, sets record as crypto goes mainstreamOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bitcoin stormed above $66,000 for the first time on Wednesday, riding a wave of excitement about how the financial establishment is increasingly acceptin...
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Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rises for 5th dayOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rose for a fifth day on strong corporate earnings. Shanghai and Seoul, South Korea, fell while ...
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Cargo backlog creates traffic headaches on sea and landOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles neighborhood just outside the nation's busiest port complex has become a perpetual traffic jam, with trucks hauling cargo containers bac...
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Plea deal: Louisiana man to repay $76,000 coronavirus aidOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The owner of a Louisiana livestock business has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $76,000 from a federal aid program to help compensate farmers ...
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Fed survey finds economy facing supply chain, other dragsOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve reports that the economy faced a number of headwinds at the start of this month, ranging from supply chain disruptions and labor sh...
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Judge limits strikers' conduct at Deere plant in IowaOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order that details how picketing workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport must conduct th...
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Mexico: drug cartels recruiting youths through video gamesOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Drug cartels in Mexico are recruiting youths through contacts made on multiplayer online video games, officials said Wednesday. Ricardo MejÃa, Mexic...