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October 14, 2019 at 11:35 am

Uber lays off 350 employees in Eats, autonomous vehicles

NEW YORK (AP) — Uber is laying off 350 employees from its food delivery, autonomous vehicles, safety, insurance and other teams. The move is the...

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October 13, 2019 at 8:50 am

California power outages highlight economic disparity

When the nation's largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California, many rushed out to buy...

October 7, 2019 at 6:22 am

GE freezes pensions for 20K workers in bid to trim debt pile

NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric is freezing the pension plans of about 20,000 of its workers and offering pension buyouts to 100,000 former employees...

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October 3, 2019 at 11:09 am

Uber expands helicopter service in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Uber is giving riders the option to skip the traffic jam and hail a helicopter to the airport instead _ provided...

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September 18, 2019 at 2:04 am

Oil price drops for 2nd day despite heightened Gulf tensions

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices retreated for a second day Wednesday even as the Saudi military blamed Iran for recent attacks to critical oil...

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September 16, 2019 at 12:06 am

Oil prices jump as attack on Saudi plant jolts supply

Global energy prices spiked more than 14% Monday after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world...

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FILE – In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. Oil industry and environmental groups say they expect the Environmental Protection Agency to release a proposed rule over the next few days that will roll back requirements on detecting and plugging methane leaks at oil and gas facilities (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) WX101 WX101

August 29, 2019 at 4:32 am

U.S. proposes easing rules on climate-changing methane emissions by oil industry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved Thursday to revoke regulations on methane leaks from oil facilities, a proposal environmental advocates said would renounce key...

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August 15, 2019 at 8:54 am

Whistleblower accuses GE of fraud, misleading investors

NEW YORK (AP) — A whistleblower who warned regulators about Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme is now accusing General Electric of misleading investors, sending the company's...

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Members of WeWork, a co-working company, at the headquarters in New York, Sept. 2, 2015.(Cole Wilson/The New York Times)

August 14, 2019 at 5:45 am

WeWork reveals rapid growth and massive losses ahead of IPO

NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork's parent company gave investors the most detailed look yet at its finances Wednesday, revealing breakneck growth on the back of...

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Uber signage on a car in New York, April 14, 2019. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)

August 8, 2019 at 1:14 pm

Uber posts biggest quarterly loss ever after stock payouts

NEW YORK (AP) — Uber lost $5.24 billion in the second quarter — its largest quarterly loss ever — after making huge stock-based payouts in...

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