Business Stories from January 19, 2022 (Change date)
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Donors to launch Houston newsroom with $20M in seed fundingJan 19, 2022 11:00 am - Five philanthropies plan to spend more than $20 million to bolster news coverage in Houston and create what they say will be one of the largest local nonprofit news orga...
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Celeb-heavy Los Angeles suburb gets tough on water wastersJan 19, 2022 4:30 pm - In a wealthy enclave nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains that is a haven for celebrities, residents now face more aggressive consequences for wasting water - including...
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Libya aims to maintain oil output after elections delayJan 19, 2022 2:00 pm - TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The head of Libya's national oil company said on Wednesday that his country is targeting an output of 1.2 million barrels of oil a day in 2022. Mos...
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Red Cross: Hack exposes data on 515,000 vulnerable peopleJan 19, 2022 5:30 pm - GENEVA (AP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross, which is best known for helping war victims, says hackers broke into servers hosting its data and gained acce...
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Airlines worldwide rush to change flights over US 5G problemJan 19, 2022 1:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S...
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Ticket price hike for World Cup final in Qatar reaches 46%Jan 19, 2022 8:31 am - The cost of attending the World Cup final is up to 46% higher in Qatar than the previous tournament in Russia, fans discovered Wednesday as tickets went on sale. The ste...
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United posts $646 million loss, omicron casts shadow over 1QJan 21, 2022 7:46 am - CHICAGO (AP) - United Airlines lost $646 million in the fourth quarter and said Wednesday that the current spike in COVID-19 cases will hurt its results in the March qua...
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EXPLAINER: Microsoft's Activision buy could shake up gamingJan 21, 2022 7:46 am - Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, a deal that would immediately make i...
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Starbucks nixes vaccine mandate after Supreme Court rulingJan 19, 2022 3:01 pm - Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a plan it announced earlier this month. In a memo sent Tuesday to employee...
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Grains higher, livestock mixed.Jan 19, 2022 9:30 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. rose 17 cents at $7.8150 a bushel; Mar. corn was up ...