Business Stories from April 23, 2021 (Change date)
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FirstEnergy in talks on deferred prosecution agreementApr 23, 2021 2:00 pm - CLEVELAND (AP) - FirstEnergy Corp. is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice while negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement over its role in secretly fundin...
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Stocks rise, erasing most of S&P 500's weekly lossesApr 23, 2021 5:00 pm - Stocks closed out a choppy week of trading with a broad rally, though the gains were not enough to keep the S&P 500 from its first weekly loss in the last five. The ben...
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Mattel, Snap rise; American Express, Kimberly-Clark fallApr 23, 2021 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Snap Inc., up, $4.25 to $61.30. The company behind Snapchat beat Wall Street's first-...
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Grains mixed, livestock mixedApr 23, 2021 10:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May advanced 22.25 cents at $7.0825 a bushel; May rose 5 cent...
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Honda to phase out gas-powered cars by 2040 in N. AmericaApr 23, 2021 5:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Japanese automaker Honda said Friday that it plans to phase out all of its gasoline-powered vehicles in North America by 2040, making it the latest major...
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Outages blamed on malware still plaguing budget airlinesApr 23, 2021 4:00 pm - A technology provider says a malware attack triggered a dayslong outage that has caused reservations systems to crash at about 20 low-cost airlines around the world. The...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesApr 23, 2021 3:00 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose 71 cents to $62.14 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for June delivery rose 71 cents to $66.11 a barrel. Wholesale gasolin...
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Elgin's Red Poppy Bistro reopens after expansionApr 28, 2021 6:11 am - Two hours. That's how long Red Poppy Bistro owners Matthew Habib and his wife Jennifer Polit said the European-style cafe was officially open last March before the gover...
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Schaumburg Costco expanding parking lotApr 23, 2021 11:06 pm - Work has begun on the expansion of the Costco parking lot at 1375 N. Meacham Road in Schaumburg, including demolition of a vacant portion of the adjoining shopping cente...
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Lawmakers, Pritzker administration spar over projected revenueApr 23, 2021 11:30 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Members of an Illinois Senate committee sparred with officials from Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration Friday in a hearing on tax changes proposed by the ...