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Quincy port approves contract award for intermodal expansion
QUINCY — Construction crews will be working this winter on the first phase of expansion of the Port of Quincy’s in…
Grains higher, livestock higher.
Wheat for Mar. was up 2.25 cents at 5.6450 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 2.50 cents at 3.8575 a bushel, Mar. oats gained 6.50 cents at $3.0850 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans was up 1.25 cents at $9.35 a bushel.
Judge orders homeless women to leave house they're occupying
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless women who are illegally occupying a house in the expensive San Francisco Bay Area do not have the right to stay and must leave within five days, a judge ruled Friday.
Boeing travails begin to ripple, 2,800 jobs lost in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Problems for Boeing and its troubled 737 Max aircraft, which appear to be growing deeper, have begun to ripple outward, with a major supplier announcing Friday that it will lay off more than 20…
Initial public offerings scheduled to debut next week
NEW YORK (AP) — There are no initial public offerings scheduled to debut the week of Jan 13,2020.
Privacy, once hidden topic, gets attention at CES tech show
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Once a hidden and under-the-radar topic, privacy got more attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week. Startups now volunteer information about how they’re securing your data and protec…
Online mattress pioneer Casper files to go public
NEW YORK (AP) — Online mattress pioneer Casper Sleep Inc. has filed regulatory paperwork to go public.
BC-Gold-Silver
NEW YORK (AP) — Futures trading on the NY Merc Friday:
2014 Fed conundrum: How to alert markets rates were going up
WASHINGTON (AP) — In her first year as Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen presided over a policy panel divided over the issue of how much longer the central bank could afford to keep its benchmark interest rate at…
Opioid-dependent kids' guardians seek to form class in suit
CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians caring for hundreds of thousands of children born dependent on opioids since 2000 should be grouped together as part of the class action lawsuit filed by local governments and others agai…
Lawsuit forces Uber to stop operating in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Uber said Friday it will stop operating in Colombia following stiff opposition from taxi drivers’ unions and a lawsuit that said the ride-sharing app was breaking local transport laws.
Oklahoma reaches $8.75 million settlement with opiate maker
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The state of Oklahoma will receive $8.75 million from two pharmaceutical companies in a deal announced Friday that will end legal action the state was considering against the opioid manufacture…
Google legal chief leaving amid sexual misconduct troubles
David Drummond, the legal chief of Google parent company Alphabet, is leaving at the end of the month, following accusations of inappropriate relationships with employees.
Business events scheduled for the coming week
Business events scheduled for the coming week.
BC-BOT Table,1st Ld
CHICAGO (AP) — Noon trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri.:
Money and Markets Digest
Money & Markets modules for Saturday Jan. 11