BB&T, SunTrust merge to create nation's 6th largest bank

Southern banking giants BB&T, SunTrust to merge in $66 billion deal, creating nation's sixth-largest retail bank
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Pepsi using Super Bowl week to take a few digs at Coke

Pepsi has gone to great lengths this week to take jabs at Coca-Cola in its hometown during buildup to Super Bowl 53
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Oregon wine industry sees economic boom in 2017

An annual study shows the Oregon wine industry had significant economic growth in 2017
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Insurer plans expansion adding 625 North Carolina jobs

A New York City-based insurance company is planning a big expansion of North Carolina operations and adding about 625 jobs
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Personal, corporate tax collections exceed Oregon forecasts

State economists said Wednesday that personal and corporate income tax collections were higher than forecast as job growth remained strong in Oregon
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Oregonians expected to receive large "kicker" tax refund

Personal and corporate income tax collections were higher than forecast and Oregonians are expected to benefit from the biggest kicker, or tax refund, in more t
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Refrigeration maker to invest $1M in Mississippi, hire 30

A refrigeration equipment maker is shifting some production from to Mississippi from Wisconsin, investing $1 million at its northeast Mississippi plant with pla
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Walmart testing automated carts to speed up grocery orders

Walmart is testing automated carts that retrieve bins of groceries from storage as it tries to speed up the process of workers packaging online orders
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Trump administration backing Obama proclamation in Oregon

A dispute over acts of Congress in 1906 and 1937 has put the Trump administration in court _ and into the unusual position of supporting a proclamation by forme
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Panel to vote on more licenses, but still no pot shops open

Marijuana regulators are set to consider three more retail licenses, but it's still unclear when recreational pot sales will actually begin in Massachusetts
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Feds want trustee to manage bankrupt Oregon mega-dairy

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to appoint a trustee to manage an embattled Oregon mega-dairy, citing the owner's drug use, gambling, out-of-co
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Feds want trustee to oversee bankrupt Oregon mega-dairy

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to appoint a trustee to oversee an embattled Oregon mega-dairy, citing the owner's drug use, gambling, out-of-c
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Feds seizing Oregon mega-dairy cite owner's behavior

The U.S. Department of Justice is taking over an embattled Oregon mega-dairy, citing the owner's drug use, gambling, out-of-control spending and pending crimina
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Krispy Kreme to buy Insomnia Cookies for undisclosed sum

Doughnut-maker Krispy Kreme is buying a majority stake in Philadelphia-based Insomnia Cookies for an undisclosed sum
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Cruise line to create up to 200 jobs in North Carolina

Economic developers in North Carolina say Norwegian Cruise Lines is creating a work-from-home agent cluster which could create as many as 200 full-time jobs
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Lawsuit concerning kidney dialysis treatment costs settled

A Massachusetts company has agreed to pay $32 million to end a lawsuit that alleged the company fraudulently profited from the treatment of kidney dialysis pati
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Southwest gets FAA OK for flights to Hawaii from California

Southwest says it has won US approval to begin flights to Hawaii from California
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FedEx joins Amazon in delivery robot fray

FedEx is testing a new self-driving robotic vehicle that could one day deliver packages or pizzas to homes
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A very merry Christmas at Best Buy with sales booming

Best Buy shares soar after posting big holiday numbers
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ITV, BBC in concluding talks for new UK rival to Netflix

ITV says the company is in the concluding phase of discussions with the BBC over a new on-demand platform called BritBox to rival the likes of Netflix
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Barrick goes after Newmont to create $42 billion gold giant

Barrick Gold wants to acquire Newmont Mining in an all-stock deal that would create a mining behemoth
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GE sells biopharma unit for $21 billion

General Electric to sell biopharma business to Danaher Corp. for $21.4 billion
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Buffett praises potential successors, but no plans to retire

Two potential successors to Warren Buffet earned roughly $18 million each last year managing Berkshire Hathaway's dozens of operating companies
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Investor Warren Buffett to make lengthy TV appearance Monday

Investor Warren Buffett will appear on live television for three hours Monday morning to answer questions after releasing his annual letter to Berkshire Hathawa
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Buffett's firm reports $25B 4Q loss on paper stock losses

Warren Buffett's company recorded a $25 billion loss in the fourth quarter because of a big drop in the paper value of several of its stock investments
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Twitter co-founder Williams steps down from company board

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams will leave the social media company's board of directors at the end of the month
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AutoNation names USAA executive as new CEO

AutoNation, the country's largest automobile dealership chain, names Carl Liebert to succeed Mick Jackson as CEO
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Democratic group to spend $100M targeting 2020 battlegrounds

A major Democratic group plans to spend at least $100 million in battleground states during the 2020 election in hopes of denying President Donald Trump a secon
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Southwest grapples with new labor and revenue problems

Southwest attacks mechanics' union over a high number of canceled flights ahead of contract talks
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Caesars Entertainment talks with billionaire investor Icahn

Caesars Entertainment says it's talked with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who began pushing for changes after revealing a 10 percent stake in the casino oper
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Trouble at CVS Health long-term care business weighs heavily

CVS Health tops quarterly forecasts but outlook for the year could leave investors wanting
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Deere, hit on both sides of trade war, posts weak 1Q earns

Deere takes a 1Q trade-war hit, but is optimistic about 2019
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