Business Stories from July 31, 2020 (Change date)
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Plug it in: Electric car charging station numbers are risingJul 31, 2020 5:30 pm - DETROIT (AP) - When the electric car revolution arrives, will there be enough places to plug in? There are now 26,000 electric vehicle charging stations open to the publ...
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Asia-Pacific tourism makes patchy restart, and some misstepsJul 31, 2020 2:19 pm - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Tourism operators across Asia and the Pacific are making furtive and faltering advances, as well as some spectacular missteps, after travel wa...
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Caterpillar sales weaken but 2Q results top StreetAug 03, 2020 2:40 pm - Caterpillar's sales tumbled 31% in the second quarter as dealers culled construction equipment from showrooms during the pandemic. Dealers decreased machine and engine ...
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Fitch lowers its outlook on US credit rating to 'negative'Jul 31, 2020 6:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Fitch has lowered the outlook for its U.S. government credit rating to 'œnegative'ť from 'œstable'ť due to soaring budget deficits, but the agency is k...
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Tech giants lead gains as S&P 500 closes 4th winning monthJul 31, 2020 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Big Tech continues to steamroll through the pandemic, and strong gains for some of the market's most influential companies on Friday helped Wall Street c...
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Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David DukeJul 31, 2020 9:30 am - Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform's site's rules forbidding hate speech. The company said Friday ...
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Grains mostly higher and livestock higherJul 31, 2020 3:01 pm - Wheat for Sept. rose 1.75 cents at 5.3125 a bushel; Sept. corn was up .25 cent at 3.16 a bushel, Sept. oats was off 1.75 cents at $2.7625 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans g...
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Hard-hit Massachusetts worries COVID-19 respite is fleetingJul 31, 2020 5:01 pm - A house party attended by restaurant workers in a picturesque beach town in Massachusetts has led to more than a dozen new coronavirus infections. On the western side of...
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British Airways owner books loss as pandemic stalls travelJul 31, 2020 2:19 pm - LONDON (AP) - The parent company of British Airways reeled to a loss of 3.8 billion euros ($4.5 billion) in the first six months of the year as travel restrictions from ...
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Eurozone economy suffers record drop during lockdown monthsJul 31, 2020 8:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The economy of the 19-country eurozone shrank by a devastating 12.1% in the April-June period from the quarter before - the largest drop on record - as coro...
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