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  • Stocks slide on Wall Street over new trade war concerns

    Stocks moved broadly lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors turned anxious about the possibility that the U.S. and China may...

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  • Bloomberg spending $15M-$20M to register half million voters

    Bloomberg spending $15 million to $20 million to register a half million swing-state voters

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  • Trump highlighting Apple’s expansion in Austin, Texas

    President Donald Trump is set to tour a manufacturing plant that produces the latest generation of Apple’s Mac Pro computer as he seeks to highlight...

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  • Lights out in California again with high wildfire danger

    Pacific Gas & Electric Co. began shutting off power to 375,000 Californians Wednesday in an effort to prevent its power lines from starting more...

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  • GM accuses Fiat Chrysler of bribing UAW to get lower costs

    General Motors is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that its crosstown rival got an unfair business advantage by bribing officials of the United Auto...

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  • Hedge fund Alden becomes Tribune’s largest shareholder

    The largest shareholder of the company that owns the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News is now Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund...

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  • Uber to let users record audio of rides in Brazil, Mexico

    Uber is planning to let passengers and drivers record audio of rides in Brazil and Mexico as part of a pilot and in the hopes of addressing safety...

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  • Fed minutes: Officials felt 3 cuts this year could be enough

    Fed officials suggest 3 rate cuts this year should be enough unless economy slows significantly

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  • Senator blasts Amazon's Ring doorbell for 'privacy and civil liberty violations'

    Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., called the lack of privacy protections "chilling."

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  • Disney Plus blames past hacks for user accounts sold online

    Disney Plus says it doesn’t have a security breach, but some users of the new streaming service have been shut out after hackers tried to break into...

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  • Target bursts into the holiday season with a bang

    Target, feeling the holiday cheer, reports surging profits and sales

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  • Feds release data on wages, debt for specific college majors

    The U.S. Education Department has released information for the first time that allows students to compare earnings and debt averages from specific...

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  • Lowe's 3Q profit buoyed by strong economy; lifts outlook

    Lowe’s 3Q adjusted profit topped analysts’ expectations, helped by a strong economy and sales to contractors

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  • Markets Right Now: Stocks edge lower on Wall Street

    Stocks are moving slightly lower on Wall Street led by declines in technology and communications companies. Analog Devices and AT&T fell. Several...

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  • Where to look for help with state/local laws, regulations

    With state and local governments frequently adding laws, ordinances and regulations, business owners likely will find it hard or impossible to keep...

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  • Businesses need help with labyrinth of state, local laws

    State and local laws and ordinances can be vexing for business owners who have a list of requirements to comply with while trying to run their...

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  • Fake doctors, pilfered medical records drive Oxy China sales

    Mundipharma reps have promoted OxyContin in China as less addictive than other opioids, the same pitch the company’s U.S. affiliate, Purdue Pharma,...

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  • UK Conservatives under fire for Twitter switch during debate

    Britain's Conservative Party has been accused of trying to deceive voters by changing the name of its press office Twitter channel to “factcheckUK”...

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  • World shares retreat on jitters over US bill on Hong Kong

    Global shares retreat on poor Japan trade data, jitters over China trade, Hong Kong

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  • E-commerce giant Alibaba raises $11 billion in share listing

    The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba raises $11 billion in Hong Kong share offering

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  • Emirates opts for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in revised deal

    Dubai’s carrier Emirates announces firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, revising previous deal for 777x

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  • Muted launch for Google's game-streaming service Stadia

    Google’s game-streaming service Stadia launches

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  • Wine woes: Tariffs, Brexit cloud French Beaujolais season

    Celebration is the mot du jour in the Beaujolais region on the third Thursday of November

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  • Iconic singer hopes to close financing gap for African women

    Iconic singer Angelique Kidjo hopes to close billion-dollar financing gap for African women

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  • AP key findings about Mundipharma’s OxyContin sales in China

    Key findings of AP’s investigation about Mundipharma’s OxyContin sales in China

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  • Amnesty: At least 106 dead in protests, which Iran disputes

    Amnesty International says at least 106 people have died in fuel-price protests and a subsequent government crackdown in Iran

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  • Safety agency says distracted driver caused fatal Uber crash

    The National Transportation Safety Board condemned a lack of state and federal regulation of autonomous vehicle testing before finding that a...

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  • Japan exports, imports weaken amid trade tensions, tax hike

    Japan exports, imports weaken amid trade tensions, tax hike

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  • PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages

    The CEO of the nation’s largest utility told California lawmakers that the company wasn’t as well prepared as it thought when it shut off power to...

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  • Asian shares retreat on poor Japan trade data, China news

    Asian shares retreat on poor Japan trade data, China news

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  • US Latinas need twice the time to match white male’s income

    Government figures show that on average, Latinas in the United States are paid 54 cents for every dollar that a white, non-Hispanic male makes

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  • No clear champ as Johnson, Corbyn spar in UK election debate

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn have attacked each other’s policies on Brexit, health care and the economy in a...

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  • Safety board favors redesign of engine part on Boeing 737s

    Federal safety board says Boeing should redesign part of the casing on some jet engines to prevent accidents like one that killed a passenger last...

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  • GateHouse, Gannett join, become largest US newspaper chain

    GateHouse has closed its $1.1 billion takeover of Gannett, becoming the country’s largest newspaper company by far as the industry tries to deal with...

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  • Federal Reserve, FDIC approve merger of BB&T, SunTrust banks

    Federal Reserve, FDIC approve $66 billion merger between BB&T and SunTrust banks

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  • How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

    Stocks struggled to a mixed finish on Wall Street Tuesday after disappointing earnings reports from big retailers and a slide in energy companies...

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  • Amazon tells senator it’s considered face-scanning doorbells

    Amazon says it has contemplated adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras

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  • Home Depot, Kohl’s slip while Medicines, ServiceNow advance

    Home Depot, Kohl’s slip while Medicines, ServiceNow advance

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  • Uber’s chief product officer is latest executive to exit

    Another senior executive is leaving Uber as the company struggles to prove it can turn a profit

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  • New York joins states suing e-cigarette maker Juul

    New York has joined the ranks of states suing Juul, the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker

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  • Nielsen's top programs for Nov. 11-17

    A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Nov. 11-17

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  • STORY REMOVED: BC-US--Juul-New York Lawsuit

    STORY REMOVED: BC-US--Juul-New York Lawsuit

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  • CBS takes weekly Nielsen crown behind ’60 Minutes’

    CBS won television’s weekly Nielsen crown, despite not having a prime-time football game, primarily because games on rival NBC and Fox had relatively...

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  • Markets Right Now: US stocks struggle to a mixed finish

    Stocks struggled to a mixed finish on Wall Street as steep drops in Kohl's and Home Depot offset gains elsewhere in the market. Kohl's plunged after...

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  • Official: Oregon lags in socially conscious investing

    An Oregon official says the state is moving toward stronger environmental and social investment standards amid news that its state employee pension...

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  • Kohl's reduces annual profit outlook heading into holidays

    Kohl’s reduced annual profit outlook underscores overall department store industry challenges

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  • Nerf gun, Power Rangers claw cited by toy safety watchdog

    A high-powered Nerf gun, ice cream-scented Nickelodeon slime and a plastic Power Rangers claw are among the toys on a consumer safety group's annual...

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  • 5 Signs an Online Loan Is a Debt Trap

    Uncovering an online lender’s true intentions is sometimes as simple as checking their website for a few key giveaways

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  • Boeing’s grounded 737 Max scores 2nd order at Dubai Airshow

    Boeing’s 737 Max jet gets another boost at Dubai Airshow from Kazakhstan’s newly-launched budget carrier

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  • Disney Plus user accounts already found on hacking sites

    Disney Plus says it doesn’t have a security breach, but some users of the new streaming service have been shut out after hackers tried to break into...

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