Car dealers hit by sales decline, weak economy

Auto retailers swung to a quarterly loss in the third quarter, beaten down by the decline in U.S. car sales, tight consumer credit, and […]

McCarthy names new regional leaders

The president of McCarthy Building Cos. Inc.’s largest regional division will retire next year and the construction company will split management of the region […]

Circuit breakers could halt trading on stock market

NEW YORK — This morning, stock market futures trading hit limits as investors bet that the market would take a plunge. Dow Jones industrials […]

OPEC battles price dive and faltering economy

OPEC ministers anxious to arrest a deep oil price slide and cushion a bruised world economy gathered in Vienna Thursday ahead of emergency talks.
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France, Japan, IMF, U.S. in new crisis remedies

Japan and France extended more help to banks, the IMF prepared to intervene in trouble spots around the world and the Fed devised a […]

The rise and fall of American capitalism

Under the circumstances – government bailouts of the leading banks of the U.S. and Europe, and a stock market that posted a record weekly drop […]

Schnucks takes over three Metro East grocery stores

Schnuck Markets Inc. today announced the purchase of two Metro East grocery stores and the acquisition of the lease on a third store.
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Qwest, CWA reach tentative agreement

Qwest Communications International Inc. reported just after midnight Friday that it has reached a tentative contract agreement with negotiators from the main union covering more […]

Price of Monsanto stock shoots up

One day after falling to an annual low, shares of Monsanto Co. climbed the most in six months after the Creve Coeur-based agribusiness posted […]

China urges fund JVs to give health of foreign partners

China’s securities watchdog has urged fund ventures partly owned by foreign financial institutions to disclose the financial state of their partners, reflecting increasing government […]