Business Stories from December 9, 2015 (Change date)
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United bringing back free snacks in coach on US flightsDec 09, 2015 12:01 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - United Airlines is bringing back free snacks for economy-class passengers in February. Those snacks were cut off in 2008 by United and Continental followe...
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Myanmar inaugurates new stock exchangeDec 09, 2015 2:01 am - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar inaugurated a new stock exchange on Wednesday with plans for six companies to start trading in March. Minister of Finance Win Shein said t...
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Shares of DuPont, Dow soar on reports of merger talksDec 09, 2015 3:31 pm - DOVER, Del. (AP) - Shares of Dow Chemical and DuPont climbed Wednesday amid reports that the two chemical giants are in advanced merger discussions. The Wall Street Jour...
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Energy firms ask Oklahoma judge to toss earthquake lawsuitDec 09, 2015 4:01 pm - TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Two energy companies asked a judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit by an Oklahoma woman who claims she was injured in an earthquake caused by the in...
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Argentina debt mediator: Finance secretary set to negotiateDec 09, 2015 9:01 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A court-appointed mediator says the secretary of finance for Argentina's new administration is ready to negotiate with bondholders seeking $10 billion fr...
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Volkswagen: CO2 emissions problem far smaller than suspectedDec 09, 2015 1:09 pm - BERLIN (AP) - Volkswagen said Wednesday that a problem with carbon dioxide emissions is far smaller than initially suspected, with further checks finding "slight discrep...
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Congress inks pact on permanent Internet access tax banDec 09, 2015 3:31 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - House and Senate negotiators announced Wednesday that they have reached agreement on bipartisan legislation to make permanent a moratorium that prevent...
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A look at Detroit's improvements since exit from bankruptcyDec 09, 2015 5:31 am - DETROIT (AP) - Here are some of the improvements since Detroit exited bankruptcy in December 2014: - 7,100 of an estimated 40,000 vacant houses demolished since May 201...
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Putin's foe Khodorkovsky: Revolution in Russia is inevitableDec 09, 2015 7:01 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Exiled tycoon and former prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in a rare public appearance Wednesday, threw down the gauntlet to the Kremlin, saying revolution in...
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South America hacker team targets dissidents, journalistsDec 09, 2015 3:01 pm - LIMA, Peru (AP) - A shadowy cyber-espionage group that sent malware to the prosecutor whose mysterious death transfixed Argentina early this year has been hitting target...