Business Stories from December 5, 2020 (Change date)
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Coal industry arguing reliability for Indiana protectionDec 05, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two large coal companies have started a new lobbying push as Indiana legislators are poised to again consider steps that could bolster the industry f...
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Crunch UK-EU talks on post-Brexit ties to resume SundayDec 05, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The European Union and the United Kingdom decided Saturday to press on with negotiating a post-Brexit trade deal, with all three key issues still unresolve...
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Hartford Courant, oldest US newspaper, to close its officesDec 05, 2020 6:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Hartford Courant, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States, plans to close the newsroom and offices it has been operat...
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Indiana steel mill expected to soon restart blast furnaceDec 05, 2020 6:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana steel mill that was taken offline earlier this year for a planned maintenance project is expected to restart this month. The Pittsburgh-bas...
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At least 18 Chinese coal miners killed by lethal gasDec 05, 2020 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's state TV says at least 18 coal miners have been killed by high levels of carbon monoxide in the country's southwest. One miner was found alive fo...
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What Salesforce's acquisition of Slack could mean for remote workDec 05, 2020 5:20 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Enterprise software company Salesforce announced Tuesday that it will purchase workplace-chat tool Slack for nearly $28 billion, adding the popular colla...
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Rights for gig workers are a political issue now, but many of them can't voteDec 05, 2020 5:19 am - This November, gig economy companies won a resounding victory on the California ballot. Voters overwhelmingly agreed to allow them to keep their workers as contractors, ...
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Facebook accused of squeezing rival startups in virtual realityDec 05, 2020 5:16 am - Virtual-reality startups are accusing Facebook of using a familiar playbook to muscle out rivals in what could be the digital platform of the future - prompting a new li...
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Parler's got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social networkDec 05, 2020 5:14 am - Anyone following the #sexytrumpgirl hashtag on Parler, a social media site increasingly popular with conservatives, got an eyeful one recent Thursday evening as images o...
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