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  • Explosion at Italian fireworks factory kills 5

    Italian rescue services say a blast at a fireworks factory in Sicily has killed five people and seriously injured two others

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  • Fear, turmoil in Lebanon as its financial crisis worsens

    Lebanese financial crisis grows more severe, throwing businesses in disarray as protests paralyze country

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  • Fear, turmoil in Lebanon as its financial crisis worsens

    Lebanese financial crisis grows more severe, throwing businesses in disarray as protests paralyze country

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  • Global shares skid on renewed US-China trade worries

    Asian shares skid on renewed US-China trade worries

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• Nov 20

  • Asian shares skid on renewed US-China trade worries

    Asian shares skid on renewed US-China trade worries

    Nov 20

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  • Japan Display worker suspected of taking $5.4M in fake deals

    Japan Display worker suspected of stealing $5.4M in fake deals

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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,...

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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  • Blackouts hit Northern California again during fire danger

    Pacific Gas & Electric has cut power to about 120,000 people in Northern California in a bid to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires

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  • AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false claim about Apple plant

    AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims he opened an Apple plant and Pelosi shut Congress

    Nov 20

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  • UAW president steps down as GM sues rival over union bribery

    United Auto Workers President Gary Jones has stepped down, effective immediately, capping a tumultuous day that saw union leaders move to oust him and...

    Nov 20

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  • Google reins in political advertising

    Google is limiting how specifically politicians can target ads across its service

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • Amnesty International calls Facebook, Google rights abusers

    In a scathing indictment of the two most powerful corporate giants of the internet, Amnesty International insists in a new report that Google and...

    Nov 20

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  • Senators press Amazon over doorbell camera security concerns

    A group of U.S. senators is questioning Amazon about the security of its Ring doorbell cameras following reports that some Ukraine-based employees had...

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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  • Tim Cook describes his vision as Apple breaks ground on Texas facility

    The Apple CEO opened up in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Rebecca Jarvis.

    Nov 20

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  • Away from Washington, Trump praises Apple’s Texas expansion

    President Donald Trump celebrated tech behemoth Apple keeping its Mac Pro computer manfucaturing plant in Texas as he took a day trip away from...

    Nov 20

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  • Apple cancels premiere of ‘The Banker’ over ‘concerns’

    Apple has canceled the premiere of one of the tech company’s first original films, ‘The Banker’ the day before it was to debut at Los Angeles’ AFI...

    Nov 20

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  • How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday

    Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Wednesday as investors worry that the U.S. and China may not reach a trade deal this year

    Nov 20

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  • Target bursts into the holiday season with a bang

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

    Nov 20

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  • Target, Lowe’s post gains; Urban Outfitters, Citigroup slide

    Target, Lowe’s post gains; Urban Outfitters, Citigroup slide

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • Free to a good home: 1 newspaper in Alaska

    The publisher of The Skagway News is willing to give the paper away to the right person, if they are willing to move to the southeast Alaska community...

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • Markets Right Now: Trade worries send stock indexes lower

    Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street as investors worry that the U.S. and China may not reach a trade deal this year. Technology and communications...

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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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...

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • 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...

    Nov 20

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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."

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • 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...

    Nov 20

• Nov 20

  • 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...

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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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...

    Nov 20

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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...

    Nov 20

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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”...

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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

    Google’s game-streaming service Stadia launches

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

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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

    Nov 20

• Nov 19

  • 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...

    Nov 19

• Nov 19

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

    Japan exports, imports weaken amid trade tensions, tax hike

    Nov 19

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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...

    Nov 19

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

    Asian shares retreat on poor Japan trade data, China news

    Nov 19

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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

    Nov 19

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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...

    Nov 19

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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...

    Nov 19

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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...

    Nov 19

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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

    Nov 19

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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...

    Nov 19