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Asian shares rise on optimism on economic data, earnings
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors welcomed encouraging economic data and quarterly earnings reports from big companies. Benchmarks rose across...
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Inflation in Turkey rises to nearly 80%, hitting consumers
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - Annual inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 80% in July, official data showed Wednesday, with skyrocketing food, housing and energy prices hitting consum...
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Atlantic City's Joe Lupo to run Mirage casino for Hard Rock
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Joe Lupo, who has helped two of Atlantic City's most successful casinos thrive through years of market turbulence, will run the Mirage Hotel &...
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Sri Lanka leader proposes 25-year plan for crisis-hit nation
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's new president said Wednesday that his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut publ...
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EXPLAINER: Is Alex Jones' trial about free speech rights?
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at a Texas courthouse for his defamation trial for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack a hoax with the ...
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PayPal, CVS rise; Match Group, Mercury Systems fall
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., down $1.20 to $98.09. The chipmaker gave investors a...
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Belarus court gives another journalist a lengthy prison term
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - TALINN, Estonia (AP) - A court in Belarus on Wednesday sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison term, part of a continued government crackdown on...
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Grains lower, Livestock higher
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sep. lost 57.75 cents at $7.7175 a bushel; Sep. corn fell 6.2...
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COVID-19 vaccine sales push Moderna past expectations in Q2
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - Better-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Street's second-quarter forecasts. The company said that its Spikevax vaccine brought in $4.53 bill...
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Musk response to Twitter lawsuit to be made public by Friday
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - DOVER, Del. (AP) - Elon Musk's answer to Twitter's lawsuit over his attempt to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company will be made public by Frid...