Business Stories from February 7, 2019 (Change date)
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Regional banks BB&T, SunTrust join to create $66B operatorFeb 07, 2019 9:01 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Southeastern regional banks BB&T and SunTrust will attempt to join in an all-stock deal, creating a new bank valued at about $66 billion. The banks said T...
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Fiat Chrysler profits soar on North American resultsFeb 07, 2019 7:31 am - MILAN (AP) - Italian American automaker Fiat Chrysler says fourth-quarter net profits rose by 61 percent, powered by North American sales of the all-new Ram 1500 and Jee...
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Bezos says Enquirer threatened to publish revealing picsFeb 08, 2019 2:31 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday he was the target of "extortion and blackmail" by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened...
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The Latest: USA Gymnastics meeting called 'frustrating'Feb 07, 2019 4:01 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Latest on a creditors' meeting on USA Gymnastics' bankruptcy filing (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Three women who are suing USA Gymnastics over al...
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Data center smoke causes outage for Wells Fargo customersFeb 07, 2019 5:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Smoke at one of Wells Fargo's data centers left some of the bank's customers without access to online or mobile banking as well as accessing cash from AT...
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Democratic group to spend $30M on voting rights effortFeb 07, 2019 3:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, one of the largest outside Democratic groups announced on Thursday a $30 million effort to register...
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Craft beer flights coming to the Chicago Auto ShowFeb 12, 2019 5:43 am - Organizers of the Chicago Auto Show have long offered test drives, but they are adding some flights, too, this year. The auto show will host the first indoor Chicago Fri...
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Mortgage rates tumble to 10-month lowFeb 08, 2019 5:03 am - Fixed mortgage rates sank to a 10-month low this week amid uncertainty about the health of the economy. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, th...
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Trump looking at new ways to build wall without Congress, Mulvaney saysFeb 08, 2019 4:58 am - WASHINGTON - The White House is looking at multiple ways to redirect taxpayer money for the construction of a wall along the Mexico border, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mu...
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Cafe part of strip center plans near Barrington High SchoolFeb 11, 2019 1:28 pm - A cafe is among the tenants expected in a new strip plaza planned on Barrington's west end. Construction of the center should launch in mid-spring on a vacant half-acre ...