Business Stories from November 22, 2021 (Change date)
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Vonage, Lee Enterprises rise; Activision, Target fallNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Activision Blizzard Inc., down 18 cents to $62.20. CEO Bobby Kotick reportedly told ...
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Coal-fired power plants to close after new wastewater ruleNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - Climate change isn't what's driving some U.S. coal-fired power plants to shut down. It's the expense of stricter pollution controls on their wastewater. Dozens of plants...
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Amazon to cut down plastic packaging in GermanyNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Amazon says it plans to cut the use of plastic packaging in Germany following complaints that the online retailer is contributing to growing mountains of w...
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Memo: Disney pauses COVID-19 vaccine mandate in FloridaNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Disney has paused its policy requiring Florida-based employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine following new laws passed by the state's legisl...
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Grains mostly higher, Livestock mixedNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - Wheat for Dec. advanced 22.75 cents at $8.4575 a bushel; Dec. corn was up 6 cents at $5.7675 a bushel, Dec. oats fell 13.50 cents at $7.51 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans ...
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Target to keep stores closed on Thanksgiving for goodNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended duri...
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US fund KKR interested in Italian telecoms giant TIMNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - The Italian telecommunications company TIM is assessing a non-binding 'œindication of interest'ť by the U.S. investment fund KKR to acquire the entire capita...
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Asian stocks mixed after late slump on Wall StreetNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after a late drop left major Wall Street indexes mostly lower. Tokyo was closed Tuesday for a holiday. Hong Kong and Seoul declined while...
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Italy cracks gang forcing Nigerian women into prostitutionNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian customs police on Monday dismantled a Nigerian organized crime syndicate that forced dozens of young women into prostitution and begging on the stree...
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Biden to keep Powell as Fed chair, Brainard gets vice chairNov 22, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Monday he is nominating Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, endorsing his stewardship of the e...