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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mostly lower in early Wall Street trading as investors continue to sell phone and utility stocks. Chemical and mining companies and energy companies are also in decline as the dollar gets a bit stronger. The losses are pulling the major indexes lower for the week.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter has announced two new settings that will allow users to control what they see in their feeds and what notifications they receive. It's also introducing what it calls a "quality filter" that it can filter out duplicate tweets or content that appears to be automated.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Cuban national is set to appear in court in Pittsburgh on charges he conspired to file 900 phony federal tax returns seeking $2.2 million in refunds by using employee information stolen from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Yoandy Perez Llanes (YAWN'-es) was indicted last summer but was extradited only last week from Venezuela. His attorney has agreed with prosecutors that the 32-year-old will remain jailed until trial.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly 5,000 nurses at five Twin Cities hospitals have voted to authorize an indefinite strike amid a dispute over a new contract. The workers represented by the Minnesota Nurse's Association voted yesterday to authorize an open-ended walkout at the Allina (uh-LY'-nuh) Health hospitals just two months after a weeklong strike ended without a deal. Part of the dispute is over health care plans. Allina wants to transition its nurses to the same plan as other employees to save $10 million a year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Five former employees of the burger chain founded by celebrity brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg are suing the company over what they call "rampant" violations of labor laws. The ex-employees who filed the class-action suit in New York federal court previously worked at a Wahlburgers location in Brooklyn. They claim Wahlburgers failed to pay them the proper minimum wage and regularly kept tips designated for servers. Wahlburgers says it's working with the franchise "to better understand the circumstances."
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