Business Stories from February 25, 2021 (Change date)
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'Black box' in Woods SUV could yield clues to cause of wreckFeb 25, 2021 5:00 pm - DETROIT (AP) - Investigators who are looking into the rollover crash that injured golf legend Tiger Woods will rely heavily on data stored in the Genesis SUV he was driv...
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Biden directive expands jobless aid to more unemployedFeb 25, 2021 4:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployed Americans who have turned down job offers because they feared their prospective employers weren't providing sufficient protection from the c...
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NY Times says it needs culture change, better inclusionFeb 25, 2021 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Times says it needs a culture change to become a better place to work, particularly for people of color. The newspaper told its employees in...
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'Who is at fault?' Investigation into Texas blackout beginsFeb 25, 2021 6:00 pm - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The catastrophic Texas blackout was a wider failure than the state's power grid, which teetered on the brink of an even bigger collapse during a fre...
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France extends lifetime of its oldest nuclear reactorsFeb 25, 2021 9:30 am - PARIS (AP) - France's nuclear safety authority agreed Thursday to extend the operational lifetime of the country's 32 oldest nuclear reactors by a decade to as much as 5...
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UK actors settle phone hacking claims with tabloid publisherFeb 25, 2021 5:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British television presenter and writer David Walliams and 'œDoc Martin'ť star Martin Clunes were among several actors who formally settled damages Thursda...
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Biden's trade pick vows to work more closely with alliesFeb 25, 2021 10:30 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's pick to be the top U.S. trade envoy promised to work with America's allies to combat China's aggressive trade policies, indicatin...
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TikTok owner ByteDance to pay $92M in US privacy settlementFeb 25, 2021 6:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users who are part of a class-action lawsuit allegin...
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Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishersFeb 25, 2021 8:30 pm - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make ...
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Game on, again: GameStop surges and no one truly knows whyFeb 25, 2021 3:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street's GameStop saga won't stop. After weeks of going dormant, shares of GameStop have suddenly shot higher again, rising 18.6% Thursday after su...