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Bug Out branches out
MOSES LAKE — After a year of successfully fighting off bugs and weeds, Bug Out is expanding into helping things gr…
Delta, JPMorgan rise; GameStop, Boston Scientific fall
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Survey: Pay for private university presidents climbs 10.5%
BOSTON (AP) — The average pay for America's private university presidents grew by 10.5% in 2017, with dozens receiving more than $1 million and three topping the $5 million mark, according to an annual survey by Th…
BC-Cash Prices, 1st Ld-Writethru,0343
NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Wednesday
WNBA's 8-year labor deal to hike average salary to $130,000
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and its union announced a tentative eight-year labor deal Tuesday that will allow top players to earn more than $500,000 while the average annual compensation will surpass six figures for t…
BC-OILS
NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday:
BC-Cash Grain
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Truck and rail bids for grain delivered to Chicago. Quotations from the USDA represent bids from terminal elevators, processors, mills and merchandisers after 1:30 p.m. Central time.
BC-Orange-juice
NEW YORK (AP) — Frozen concentrate orange juice trading on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday:
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Kentucky coal miners remain on tracks blocking coal shipment
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — About a dozen Kentucky coal miners remained on train tracks Tuesday, saying they haven't been paid for producing the coal in the train cars.
Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed.
Wheat for Mar. gained 6.25 cents at 5.6850 a bushel; Mar. corn was off .50 cent at 3.89 a bushel, Mar. oats was up 2 cents at $3.13 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans rose 3.75 cents at $9.33 a bushel.
Trump administration signals compromise on gas mileage rules
DETROIT (AP) — The Trump administration is signaling that it could increase fuel economy standards, possibly compromising on its push to freeze them at 2020 levels.
Nevada sees record level of tax revenue from marijuana sales
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada marijuana tax revenue collection in October was the largest since legal recreational sales began in 2017, state officials said.
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BC-PLATINUM
NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wed:
Dating apps leak personal data, Norwegian group says
LONDON (AP) — Dating apps including Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder leak personal information to advertising tech companies in possible violation of European data privacy laws, a Norwegian consumer group said in a repor…