Business Stories from December 4, 2019 (Change date)
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US service companies saw activity slow in NovemberDec 04, 2019 9:01 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Growth in the U.S. service sector slowed in November with service companies complaining about higher tariffs from various trade battles and the inabili...
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Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats upDec 04, 2019 2:05 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google's co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department of Justice and ...
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French workers ready for long strike to fight pension changeDec 04, 2019 3:40 am - PARIS (AP) - Large swathes of France's workforce, spanning generations, will go on strike Thursday to protest the government's planned overhaul of the pension system. Ga...
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Google bans Conservative Party YouTube ad with BBC materialDec 04, 2019 7:31 am - LONDON (AP) - Google has taken down a U.K. Conservative Party ad on YouTube that used BBC news footage, days after Facebook took similar action on grounds that it infrin...
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Czech leader to face fraud charges after decision overturnedDec 04, 2019 9:01 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis faces charges again over an alleged $2 million fraud involving European Union subsidies after the country's chief prosecu...
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Trump's US-Japan trade deal wins Japan parliament approvalDec 03, 2019 9:31 pm - TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Parliament on Wednesday approved a trade deal that was agreed upon by President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe earlier this yea...
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Alphabet, ConocoPhillips rise while Instructure, G-III fallDec 04, 2019 3:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Alphabet Inc., up $24.20 to $1,318.94 Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are r...
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Deadly defect found in another version of Takata airbagsDec 04, 2019 4:40 pm - DETROIT (AP) - A new and distinct problem has been discovered in air bags made by the now bankrupt company Takata which has led to at least one death. The recently disc...
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Huawei criticized at home over ex-employee's incarcerationDec 04, 2019 2:05 am - BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tech-giant Huawei's reputation has been repeatedly attacked by the United States and others over allegations of Communist Party control. Now its v...
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Maduro's foes balk at UN-backed deal to address power crisisDec 04, 2019 8:05 am - MIAMI (AP) - A proposal to address Venezuela's electricity crisis with the help of the United Nations is proving a political hot potato for Nicolás Maduro's opponents. ...