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ByteDance vows to fight TikTok ban
Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the United States, its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out a preliminary…
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Work begins on high-speed rail line
LAS VEGAS -- A $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area has started construction, officials said Monday, amid pred…
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Tesla cuts price of self driving system, three EV models
NEW YORK -- Tesla knocked roughly a third off the price of its "Full Self Driving" system -- which can't drive itself and so drivers must remain alert and be r…
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Express files for bankruptcy
NEW YORK -- Express Inc. -- once a trendsetter of casual office attire that has struggled to compete with the likes of Zara and H&M -- has filed for Chapter 11…
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Tech stocks rebound from worst week since 2020
NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks climbed Monday and clawed back a chunk of their losses from last week, which was the worst for the S&P 500 in more than a year.
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Delta to raise nonunion workers’ pay
Delta Air Lines, the most profitable U.S. carrier, is raising pay for nonunion employees as it gets ready for another attempt by a union to represent its fligh…
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Japan seeks Google search fix
TOKYO -- Japan's antitrust watchdog said Monday that U.S. search giant Google must change its advertising search restrictions affecting Yahoo in Japan.
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Subscriber ExclusiveResearch underway to capture, sequester carbon at Foreman cement plant
The Ash Grove Cement plant in Foreman is participating in a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to test a carbon-capture system.
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Subscriber ExclusiveUA, tech company Xtremis work to develop Devil’s Den Proving Ground
FAYETTEVILLE -- A startup company is working with the University of Arkansas to make the old Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor nuclear reactor site in …
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Subscriber ExclusiveJ.B. Hunt files motion to dismiss in discrimination lawsuit
J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc. has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former employee who claims he was fired because of racial discrimin…
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Amazon plan for expansion yet to take off
Amazon has fallen so far behind schedule in creating new jobs at its Northern Virginia headquarters that its workforce at those offices shrank last year, the c…
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Subscriber ExclusiveInnovation Hub in North Little Rock helps establish careers without a degree
Skills to Launch, a program offered by Winrock International's Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock, recently graduated its ninth 10-week clas…
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Stakes are high for East Coast casinos
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Atlantic City casinos are facing threats on multiple fronts from new competitors not just in New York, but also from within their own st…
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World internet data hub relies on West Virginia coal power
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- A helicopter hovers over the Gee family farm, the noisy rattle echoing inside their home in this rural part of West Virginia. It's holdi…
