Business Stories from July 2, 2020 (Change date)
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US unemployment falls to 11%, but new shutdowns are underwayJul 02, 2020 3:31 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. unemployment fell to 11.1% in June as the economy added a solid 4.8 million jobs, the government reported Thursday. But the job-market recovery ma...
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Black worker files discrimination complaint against FacebookJul 02, 2020 5:01 pm - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A Black Facebook employee, joined by two others who were denied jobs at the social network, has filed a complaint against the company, saying it d...
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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixedJul 02, 2020 3:00 pm - Wheat for Jul. lost 8.75 cents at 4.90 a bushel; Jul. corn fell 5.75 cents at 3.4250 a bushel, Jul. oats was up 1.25 cents $3.3850 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans was off ...
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PG&E exits bankruptcy, pays $5 billion into wildfire fundJul 02, 2020 7:30 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Pacific Gas & Electric has emerged from a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after its long-neglected electrical grid ignited wildfires in Calif...
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Black-owned businesses see sales surge amid racism reckoningJul 03, 2020 7:02 am - BOSTON (AP) - When Mahdi Hashemian was looking for a bicycle for his 7-year-old daughter Zeynab last week, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident decided to skip his loc...
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Harley-Davidson cuts ties with dealership over racist postsJul 02, 2020 4:31 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Harley-Davidson said it is pulling its Facebook ads for the month of July and severing ties with a Tennessee dealership whose owner was accused of posti...
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European jobless rate inches higher amid government supportJul 02, 2020 12:04 pm - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The unemployment rate in the 19 countries that use the euro currency inched higher to 7.4 % in May from 7.3% in April as governments used activ...
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Union tells actors not to work on pandemic film 'Songbird'Jul 03, 2020 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The union that represents film actors told its members Thursday not to work on the upcoming pandemic thriller 'œSongbird,'ť saying the filmmakers have...
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Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher on vaccine hopesJul 01, 2020 11:30 pm - Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Thursday as hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine competed with concern about rising U.S. infections. Benchmarks...
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Tigers announce partnership with sportsbook operatorJul 02, 2020 10:31 am - DETROIT (AP) - The Tigers became the first Major League Baseball team to reach a deal with a sports gambling company, announcing a multiyear partnership Thursday with Po...
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