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Business Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

Summary: The latest complete top ten Business news stories from the Associated Press (AP) brought to you by NewsworthyAudio.com. Each story is a separate 'episode' and converted to audio using NewsworthyAudio.com's "Professional Text-to-Speech" technology. This Podcast is updated with the latest stories every hour. iTunes users should set 'Keep Last 10 episodes' in their Podcast Preferences. Visit www.NewsworthyAudio.com and register for a free trial of the NewsworthyAudio.com personal audio newspaper. NewsworthyAudio is a registered trademark of Newsworthy.

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 Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 10:11

SOCHI, Russia (AP) , The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.

 Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leader's visit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:52

WASHINGTON (AP) , In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.

 Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:31

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) , Commuters navigated a patchwork of cars, trains and buses along Connecticut's shoreline Monday, encountering lengthy delays as authorities probed the cause of a train collision that disrupted one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways.

 Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:30

CANNES, France (AP) , Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: JAMES CAAN GOES BACK TO THE 70S They don't make movies like they used to , which is why James Caan was happy to go back to the 1970s in Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties."

 Chinese, Indian leaders call for cooperation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:36

NEW DELHI (AP) , The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world's two most populous nations.

 Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:12

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) , Lottery officials say the winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot have been drawn. They are: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11. Officials say the latest Powerball jackpot figure results are still pending. They had estimated it at $600 million.

 Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:58

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) , The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

 Obama agenda marches on despite controversies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:42

WASHINGTON (AP) , Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

 SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:52

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) , North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

 A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:28

WASHINGTON (AP) , The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.

 Journalist found dead in eastern Congo | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:06

GOMA, Congo (AP) , The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. "We found his body yesterday in an advanced state of decay. It showed signed of strangulation according to the doctor who examined him on the scene.

 Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:13

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) , Officials in Ivory Coast say the military has detained a militia leader accused of grave crimes during the country's 2010-11 postelection violence whose forces had been illegally occupying a national park.

 Politics, bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:39

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) , Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in legal fees, and the alleged interference of a president whose firm control of the sector worries transparency campaigners.

 Google challenger in Vietnam redirecting queries | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:42

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) , A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.

 Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:55

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) , Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls. After years of economic dysfunction, the country has gotten used to shortages of medicines and basic food items like milk and sugar but the scarcity of bathroom tissue has caused unusual alarm.

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