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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Some are cheering, some are jeering.

Amazon's announcement Thursday that it's scrapping its plans to open a second headquarters in Long Island City in Queens, follows vocal backlash by some local residents and politicians.

"After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens," Amazon spokeswoman Jodi Seth said.

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FILE- In this Aug. 8, 2018, file photo employees stand in McDonald's Chicago flagship restaurant. McDonald's reports earnings Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
January 30, 2019 - 12:38 pm

McDonald's sales up globally, despite fewer US customers

McDonald's says modernized stores and growth in delivery helped bring in more customers globally last year, but lower store traffic in the U.S. remains a concern. The world's biggest hamburger chain said sales rose 4.4 percent at established locations in the fourth quarter and 4.5 percent for the...
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This undated product image provided by Bud Light shows a new nutrition label. Starting next month, packages of Bud Light will have prominent labels showing the beer’s ingredients and calories as well as the amount of fat, carbohydrates and protein in a serving. Bud Light is likely the first of many to make the move. The labels aren’t legally required, but major beer makers agreed in 2016 to voluntarily disclose nutrition facts on their products by 2020. (Bud Light via AP)
January 11, 2019 - 6:15 am

Bud Light debuts bigger nutrition labels

DETROIT (AP) — Beer drinkers can't claim blissful ignorance for much longer. Starting next month, packages of Bud Light will have prominent labels showing the beer's calories and ingredients as well as the amount of fat, carbohydrates and protein in a serving. Bud Light is likely the first of many...
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This undated product image provided by Mastercard shows Mastercard's new logo. The digital payment company says it is dropping its name in some contexts, opting to let its familiar interlocking yellow and red circles represent the company at retail locations and online. The Purchase, New York-based company said Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, that the logo has represented Mastercard so well for more than 50 years and that 80 percent of people recognize the logo without the word "Mastercard" accompanying it. (Mastercard via AP)
January 07, 2019 - 1:51 pm

No words: Mastercard to drop its name from logo

What's in a name? For MasterCard, not enough to keep it in the logo. The company is removing the word Mastercard from the pair of interlocking red and yellow circles where it has resided for more than 50 years. Mastercard Inc. joins a small stable of brands like Nike, Apple and Target that rely on...
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FILE- In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo a recruiter from the postal service, right, speaks with an attendee of a job fair in the cafeteria of Deer Lakes High School in Cheswick, Pa. Even with fear of a global economic slump depressing stock markets, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 jobs report for December is expected to offer reassurance that the U.S. economy remains sturdy and on track to expand for a 10th straight year. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
January 04, 2019 - 3:03 pm

US employers went on a surprising hiring spree in December

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers went on a hiring spree in December, adding a surprising 312,000 jobs and providing a dose of reassurance about the economy after a turbulent few months on Wall Street. The job gains reported Friday by the Labor Department came despite a trade war with China, a...
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This Nov. 19, 2015 file photo shows the blue Ford oval badge in the grill of a pickup truck
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
January 04, 2019 - 11:25 am

Ford recalls over 953,000 vehicles to replace inflators

DETROIT (AP) -- Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel. The move includes 782,000 vehicles in the U.S. and is part of the largest series of recalls in U.S. history. RELATED: Ford recalls nearly 1.5M...
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FILE - This Oct. 5, 2010 file photo shows the exterior of a Marriott hotel in Santa Clara, Calif. Marriott says that fewer guest records were involved in a previously announced data breach than it initially disclosed. The lodging company said Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, that it now believes that the number of potentially involved guests is lower than the 500 million originally estimated. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
January 04, 2019 - 11:11 am

Fewer affected in Marriott hack, but 5M passport numbers accessed

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Fewer Marriott guest records than previously feared were compromised in a massive data breach, but the largest hotel chain in the world confirmed Friday that approximately 5.25 million unencrypted passport numbers were accessed. The compromise of those passport numbers has...
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January 03, 2019 - 10:15 am

After nearly 50 years, ShopRite cans 'Can Can' girls

We don't know if it's fallout from the #MeToo movement, but ShopRite's iconic dancing girls are gone.
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December 24, 2018 - 1:17 pm

Stocks close sharply after Trump assails Fed

U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 600 points and extending the market's losses after its worst week in more than seven years.
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December 21, 2018 - 4:27 pm

Stocks end miserable week down 7 percent

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Another day of big losses is leaving the U.S. stock market with its worst weekly drop in more than seven years. The benchmark S&P 500 index ended a brutal week down 7 percent Friday, led by big drops in former market favorites like Facebook and Amazon. Major U.S. indexes...
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This photo shows the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday evening, Dec. 20, 2018. Stocks went into another slide Thursday in what is shaping up as the worst December on Wall Street since the depths of the Great Depression, with prices dragged down by rising fears of a recession somewhere on the horizon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 464 points, bringing its losses to more than 1,700 since last Friday. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
December 20, 2018 - 10:14 pm

Asian stocks sink for 2nd day after Wall Street slide

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks fell further Friday after Wall Street slid on recession fears, putting markets in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney on track to end 2018 down more than 10 percent. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.9 percent to 20,015.67 points. The Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.9 percent to 2,...
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