Business Stories from November 17, 2021 (Change date)
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Amazon stops accepting UK Visa credit cards, cites high feesNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Amazon says it will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom because of a dispute over fees, marking growing tensions between the comp...
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Staples Center is changing its name to Crypto.com ArenaNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Staples Center is getting a new name. Starting Christmas Day, it will be Crypto.com Arena. The downtown Los Angeles home of the NBA's Lakers and Clipp...
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Asian shares mostly decline after US stocks shuffle lowerNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares mostly declined Thursday after stock indexes shuffled lower on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.7% to 29,490.53 in early tra...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery fell $2.40 to $78.36 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for January delivery fell $2.15 to $80.28 per barrel. Wholesale gasol...
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Adele tops Swift in musician faceoff, nearly beats OscarsNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Adele attracted 10.3 million viewers to a busy Sunday night special where she debuted new music, facilitated a marriage proposal and dished with Oprah Wi...
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Lawyer says Tarantino has right to sell 'Pulp Fiction' NFTsNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Quentin Tarantino's attorney said Wednesday that he has every right to create and sell a series of 'œPulp Fiction'ť NFTs. The statement from lawyer B...
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Akasa Air buys engines worth $4.5 billion for new 737 MaxsNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - India's startup Akasa Air announced on Wednesday it had chosen CFM International's LEAP-1B turbofan engines to power its newly bought ...
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Q&A: Binance CEO on bubbles, meme coins and crypto's swingsNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, doesn't try to explain why some cryptocurrencies that started purely as a joke have surg...
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Under pressure, Apple allows self-repairs to iPhones, MacsNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - Apple is letting some iPhone users fix their own phones, a sharp turnaround for a company that has long prohibited anyone but company-approved technicians from fiddling ...
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EPA sets timeline to weigh next steps related to Pebble MineNov 17, 2021 6:00 am - JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it is extending through May a timeline to decide how or whether to proceed with propos...