Business Stories from January 12, 2016 (Change date)
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Samsung reaches partial agreement with sick workersJan 12, 2016 5:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics reached a partial agreement on workplace safety with sickened workers and their families, nearly a decade after the death o...
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FDA panel favors approval for drug-oozing addiction implantJan 12, 2016 4:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health advisers recommended approval Tuesday for an experimental implant designed to treat patients recovering from heroin and painkiller addic...
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US welcomes court ruling on Philippine defense pactJan 12, 2016 3:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States on Tuesday welcomed a court ruling on the constitutionality of a defense pact with the Philippines, saying it would allow the allies ...
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Pier 1 recalls 276,000 outdoor swing chairs due to fall riskJan 12, 2016 11:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pier 1 is recalling about 276,000 outdoor swing chairs and stands after reports from customers that they fell off them and were hurt. The U.S. Consumer P...
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Fantasy sites raise concerns about Massachusetts regsJan 12, 2016 1:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - Daily fantasy sports operators raised objections Tuesday to some of the regulations proposed for the online contests in Massachusetts, including a minimum ...
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A look at owner who turned newspapers over to nonprofitJan 12, 2016 12:01 pm - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com announced Tuesday he's turning over the media company to a nonprof...
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CSX 4Q profit declines 5 percent but beats forecastsJan 12, 2016 4:30 pm - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - CSX Corp. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit declined 5 percent as coal demand remained weak and total volume slipped 6 percent. The results ...
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Greece receives offer from China's Cosco for Piraeus portJan 12, 2016 9:31 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's privatization fund says China's Cosco Group is the only bidder for a majority stake in the port of Piraeus, which is the debt-mired countr...
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AP EXPLAINS: Who is Wanda, buyer of studio behind Batman?Jan 12, 2016 7:30 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Wanda Group's takeover of Legendary Entertainment, the U.S. studio behind hit films such as "Batman" and "Inception," is the latest in a slew of acquisi...
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US border agents begin inspecting US-bound trucks in MexicoJan 12, 2016 6:01 pm - TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - U.S. authorities began working Tuesday on Mexican soil for the first time to inspect trucks bound from Tijuana to the United States as part of a n...