Business Highlights

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Once-counterculture 420 marijuana festival goes mainstream

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Businesses internal and external the multibillion-dollar marijuana industry are embracing the once-counterculture four-twenty holiday. Potheads eat although decades celebrated their passion of cannabis can April 20. besides the annual celebration that was complete nearly getting stoned is now accordingly mainstream that Corporate America is starting ought include it. Lyft and Carl's Jr. are amid the businesses using April 20 ought rgeister out marketing and social media messaging aimed can cannabis consumers.

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US family construction slips 0.3% can March

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. family construction slipped 0.3% can March, during housing starts are running beneath final year's rate can a moan that inventory could exist a challenge although would-be buyers. The occupation department says that housing starts final month were a seasonally adjusted annual evaluate of 1.14 million.

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Ancestry pulls slavery-era ad hind backlash

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ancestry.com is apologizing although its ad that showed a white man and sad female discussing running off together ought the North during the polite battle era. The ad drew widespread criticism online although whitewashing slavery. The DNA testing company removed the ad from TV and online can response ought the backlash.

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Toyota, SoftBank fund, Denso invest $1 billion can Uber

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's peak automaker Toyota, AUTO PARTS maker Denso and internet company SoftBank's investment fund are investing $1 billion can car-sharing Uber's technique unit. The companies state Toyota machine Corp. and Denso Corp. will together invest $667 million and SoftBank Corp.'s sight Fund will promote $333 million can Uber ATG, which will attempt ought mature and commercialize automated ridesharing services. Toyota has been stepping up such efforts.

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How many cherries can frozen pie? FDA can shortly descend rules

NEW YORK (AP) -- headmaster Donald Trump can shortly exist able ought demand a sweet conquest although his deregulation push: Officials are preparing ought acquire rid of decades-old rules although labeling frozen cherry pies. The regulations state the products make ought exist can least 25% cherries by weight. The dark control is seen during an simple target although there are no rules although other pies. Getting rid of the cherry pie rules is likely ought exist distant less controversial than the argue can what can exist called milk.

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Global stocks modestly higher can silent festival trading

TOKYO (AP) -- Global stock indexes are mainly moderately higher can silent festival trading can Good Friday during some markets are closed. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225, South Korea's Kospi and the Shanghai combination are higher. Trading was closed can France, Germany and the U.K. Other markets either remain closed although the holiday, including can the U.S., Hong Kong and Australia.

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Celebration of Japan's new mature large occur although business

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan is getting ready although its biggest celebration can years with the advent of the Reiwa mature of soon-to-be emperor Naruhito. That method large opportunities although businesses hoping consumers will splash out can outlook holidays and memorabilia. Many Japanese will acquire their longest ever "Golden Week" holidays, 10 days, and some are taking apply of deep discounts. The expected downsides: monster traffic jams and struggles ought hold department shelves stocked with accordingly many nation getting time off.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington mail says discussions amid Facebook and Federal business committee officials nearly the company's data-handing lapses eat touched can instituting some kind of oversight although company CEO signal Zuckerberg. The Facebook founder either controls a majority of Facebook's voting stock.

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Panel ought periodical approval of Boeing 737 Max flight controls

DETROIT (AP) -- A global team of experts next week will begin reviewing how the Boeing 737 Max's flight control system was approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says experts from nine international polite aviation authorities eat confirmed participation can a technical periodical promised by the agency. The Boeing jetliner has been grounded nearly the clay during mid-March hind two crashes killed 346 people.

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China downplays political shock of global development push

BEIJING (AP) -- China is downplaying the political implications of its global development campaign known during the belt and motorway initiative, saying that it aims ought lift multilateralism amid protectionist trends can the U.S. and elsewhere. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said a habit ought advance the initiative next week can Beijing used to pull leaders from 37 countries, underscoring heavy demand although Chinese investment.