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 By ALEX VEIGA - AP - 44 mins ago Technology and health care companies led U.S. stocks higher in early afternoon trading Friday, erasing some of the market's losses from a day earlier and placing the benchmark S&P 500 on track for its fourth straight weekly gain. (full story)
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 By PAUL WISEMAN - AP - 1 hr 20 mins ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Chinese negotiators resumed high-level talks Friday aimed at resolving a trade dispute that has escalated uncertainty for corporations, unsettled investors and posed a threat to the global economy. (full story)
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 By TOM KRISHER - AP - 1 hr 32 mins ago DETROIT (AP) — AutoNation, the country's largest auto dealership chain, went outside the auto industry to find its new chief executive, appointing a top leader from the USAA financial services company. (full story)
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 AP - 1 hr 38 mins ago PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kraft Heinz disclosed an investigation by federal regulators and said it will slash the value of its Oscar Mayer and Kraft brands by $15.4 billion, major setbacks for a company trying to revitalize its stable of household-name brands. (full story)
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 By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - AP - 2 hrs 30 mins ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Friday that in light of a slowing global economy and last year's financial market turmoil, the central bank intends to remain "patient" in determining when to make future changes in its benchmark interest rate. (full story)
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 By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER - AP - Fri Feb 22, 7:34AM CST ISTANBUL (AP) — In a middle class Istanbul neighborhood shoppers form a long line to an immense tent carrying a sign that reads "Total combat against inflation." (full story)
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 By JOE McDONALD - AP - Fri Feb 22, 7:04AM CST BEIJING (AP) — Forgot to pay a fine in China? Then forget about buying an airline ticket. (full story)
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 By JILL LAWLESS - AP - Fri Feb 22, 5:33AM CST LONDON (AP) — The Irish government published legislation Friday designed to ease the damage if Britain leaves the European Union next month without a Brexit divorce deal — but said it hoped the law would never be needed. (full story)
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO - AP - Thu Feb 21, 4:58PM CST WASHINGTON (AP) — A major Democratic group on Thursday announced plans to spend at least $100 million in battleground states during the 2020 election in hopes of denying President Donald Trump a second term. (full story)
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 By JOSH BOAK - AP - Thu Feb 21, 4:30PM CST WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales fell 1.2 percent in January to their worst pace in more than three years, as persistent affordability problems have put a harsh chill in the real estate market. (full story)
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