Business Stories from October 26, 2021 (Change date)
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Chapelle special spurs Netflix walkout; 'Trans lives matter'Oct 26, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Netflix employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle's special and its anti-transgender comments were joined by allies who chanted ...
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Grains mostly higher, livestock mixedOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - Wheat for Dec. fell 7.25 cents at $7.5225 a bushel; Dec. corn rose 5.50 cents at $5.4350 a bushel, Dec. oats gained 14.25 cents at $7.0650 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans ...
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Twitter posts Q3 net loss due to lawsuit settlementOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - Twitter posted a net loss Tuesday due mostly to a lawsuit settlement, but its revenue rose sharply in the third quarter, boosted by solid ad sales around the globe. The ...
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Puerto Rico debt-restructuring bill advances amid criticismOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Puerto Rico's Senate and House on Tuesday approved a bill that would slash the central government's debt by half but has also sparked protes...
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Grains mixed, livestock mixed.Oct 26, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed on Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. fell 9.50 cents at $7.5075 a bushel; Dec. corn was off ...
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Microsoft profit up 24% in quarter, driven by cloud growthOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Growth in Microsoft's cloud computing business helped push its profit up 24% in the July-September quarter over the same time last year. The Redmon...
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Dutch pension fund to divest from fossil fuel producersOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Netherlands' biggest pension fund announced Tuesday that it will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels, saying the move...
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Robinhood's growth in the summer slowed as trading calmedOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The meteoric growth of Robinhood Markets is coming back to earth, much like its stock price. The company whose easy-to-use app has brought new generatio...
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Samsung's Lee fined over illegally using propofolOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung's de facto chief Lee Jae-yong was fined 70 million won (about $60,000) on Tuesday for illegally using the anesthetic drug propofol, abo...
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Feds: Ohio stock trader fleeced Twitter users in pump-&-dumpOct 26, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An Ohio trader in penny stocks was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he earned over $1 million illegally by lying repeatedly to his over 70,000 Twitte...