Associated Press: Business
- Walmart tests new employee dress code at some stores
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 12:45 PMBENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Retail giant Walmart is testing a new dress code that gives employees more freedom....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fairfax bids $300 million for Toys R Us's Canada business
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 11:33 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Canada's Fairfax Financial Holding has placed a bid of $300 million to buy Toys R Us's Canadian operations in bankruptcy....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SunTrust warns 1.5 million clients of potential data breach
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 09:24 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- SunTrust Banks Inc. says accounts for 1.5 million clients could be compromised following a potential data breach....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ZTE protests US penalty, says it is seeking solution
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 04:39 AMBEIJING (AP) -- ZTE Corp., one of China's biggest tech companies, warned Friday that a ban on access to U.S. technology threatens the company's survival and said it is looking for a legal solution....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As doors close in the US, China's Huawei shifts to Europe
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 11:52 PMSHENZHEN, China (AP) -- As trade disputes simmer, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, the No. 3 smartphone brand, is shifting its growth efforts toward Europe and Asia in the face of mounting obstacles in the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Australian financial firm CEO steps down over fee scandal
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 08:45 PMCANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- The AMP's chief executive stepped down on Friday following revelations that Australia's largest wealth manager charged customers for financial services they never received and misled the industry watchdog....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US officials: 16 nations agree to track Venezuela corruption
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:06 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Finance ministers from several Latin American nations as well as the U.S. and Europe have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize the proceeds arising from corruption by Venezuelan government insiders, two U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mattel CEO leaves after being at helm for 14 months
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:42 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Mattel Inc. says that its CEO Margo Georgiadis is stepping down to pursue a new opportunity in the tech sector....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Queen tips Prince Charles to follow her as Commonwealth head
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 01:41 PMLONDON (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Marijuana supporters, critics across the US weigh in on 420
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 12:41 PMAmerica's marijuana supporters have a lot to celebrate on this 420 holiday: Thirty states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to a national advocacy group....
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- Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 11:56 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users - raising questions about the usefulness of such audits....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 10:21 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump calls OPEC efforts to boost oil prices 'not good'
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 08:01 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says oil-producing cartel OPEC "is at it again," and that efforts to maintain high prices "will not be accepted!"...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EPA head showed penchant for travel, drivers even before DC
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 01:39 AMOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Scott Pruitt's penchant for travel and concerns about security were notable even before he became head of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to newly obtained records that show that as Oklahoma's attorney general he frequently traveled out-of-state for appearances before conservative groups and used an office investigator as a driver....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Reports: Wells Fargo to be fined $1B as early as Friday
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 08:30 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Federal regulators plan to fine Wells Fargo as much as $1 billion as early as Friday for abuses tied to its auto-lending and mortgage businesses, The New York Times and other news outlets reported, citing unnamed sources....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Reports: Wells Fargo to be fined $1B as early as Friday
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 06:26 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Federal regulators plan to fine Wells Fargo as much as $1 billion as early as Friday for abuses tied to its auto-lending and mortgage businesses, The New York Times and other news outlets reported, citing unnamed sources....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Americans reflect on pros, cons of legal pot ahead of 420
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:56 PMAmerica's marijuana supporters have a lot to celebrate on this 420 holiday : Thirty states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to a national advocacy group....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russia says US visa delays could halt direct flights
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK mulls plan to ban plastic straws and cut waste
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 12:38 PMLONDON (AP) -- Britain's government wants to take action to ban plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds - and is urging other Commonwealth nations to follow suit....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Musk's LA transport tunnel proposal takes step forward
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 10:26 AMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- A committee of the Los Angeles City Council has approved an environmental review exemption for a tunnel that Elon Musk wants to dig to test a novel underground transportation system....
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- Fairfax bids $300 million for Toys R Us's Canada business
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 11:50 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Canada's Fairfax Financial Holding has placed a bid of $300 million to buy Toys R Us's Canadian operations in bankruptcy....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big banks saved $3.6B in taxes last quarter under new law
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 09:59 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's six big Wall Street banks posted record, or near record, profits in the first quarter, and they can thank one person in particular: President Donald Trump....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brexit pushes European dairy giant to make cuts
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 09:50 AMCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- A major European dairy cooperative says that currency swings caused by Brexit are among the reasons it has to cut costs by over 400 million euros ($495 million) over the next three years....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EPA head showed penchant for travel, drivers even before DC
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 01:35 AMOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Scott Pruitt's penchant for travel and concerns about security were notable even before he became head of the Environmental Protection Agency....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman's win of nursing home money a rarity in aging Japan
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 09:59 PMTOKYO (AP) -- When her stay at the glamorous Grancreer residence turned into a nightmare of disrupted sleep and difficulties with the staff, retired harpist Yumi Makino opted out, and after a two-year legal battle got her deposit money back in a rare victory over a big real estate company....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Fearless Girl' to leave Wall Street's 'Charging Bull'
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 06:12 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- New York's "Fearless Girl" statue that has become a global symbol of female business prowess will be moved from her spot staring down Wall Street's bronze "Charging Bull" to a new home facing the New York Stock Exchange....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Southwest Airlines pilot pushed Navy boundaries for flying
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:09 PMBOERNE, Texas (AP) -- Tammie Jo Shults was determined to "break into the club" of male military aviators....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Musk's LA transport tunnel proposal takes step forward
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 01:12 PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- A committee of the Los Angeles City Council has approved an environmental review exemption for a tunnel that Elon Musk wants to dig to test a novel underground transportation system....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Southwest Airlines sought more time for engine inspections
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 01:55 PMDALLAS (AP) -- Southwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an engine failure that left a passenger dead....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New data: Americans filling far fewer opioid prescriptions
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 10:53 AMTRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers filled in the U.S. fell dramatically last year, showing their biggest drop in 25 years and continuing a decline amid increasing legal restrictions and public awareness of the dangers of addiction, new data show....
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