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China fights brush fires, extends power rationing in drought
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as week...
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Asian shares fall on Fed worries after Wall Street sell-off
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares were trading lower Tuesday, echoing a broad sell-off on Wall Street amid speculation about another interest rate raise from the U.S. Federal Re...
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Buffett's company likely to add to its stake in Occidental
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett's company has received clearance to boost its 20% stake in Occidental Petroleum to as much as 50%, but it's not immediately clear how m...
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Study: Already shrunk by half, Swiss glaciers melting faster
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland's 1,400 glaciers have lost more than half their total volume since the early 1930s, a new study has found, and researchers say the ice retreat ...
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Qatar detains workers protesting late pay before World Cup
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Qatar recently arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without pay and deported some of them, an advocacy grou...
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Judge rules against Ben & Jerry's in fight over Israel sales
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - A federal judge on Monday rejected a request by Ben & Jerry's to block a plan by its corporate parent to allow its products to be sold in east Jerusalem and the occupied...
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Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs in bid to lower costs
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to help make the long transition from internal combustio...
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Wanted: 7,000 construction workers for Intel chip plants
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - JOHNSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already boomi...
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Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO and friend Jack Dorsey
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 am - Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dor...
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Oklahoma investor in deals for distressed Evanston and Itasca hotelsAug 22, 2022 1:00 am - An Oklahoma real estate investor is buying a pair of distressed suburban hotels in a wager that brighter days are ahead for the COVID-gutted hospitality sector. In a pai...