Finance life
September 9, 2011
His sleeves rolled up and his finger stabbing the air, President Barack Obama pitched his newly unveiled jobs plan with campaign-style fervor Friday, urging Americans […]
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September 8, 2011
Smithfield Foods Inc. says its fiscal first-quarter net income rose 8 percent, as the world’s biggest hog producer charged higher prices and sold more packaged […]
August 4, 2011
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 513 points, or 4.3 percent, to 11,384 on Thursday.
Here’s a look at the Dow’s 10 worst days since 1900:
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July 23, 2011
A strong earthquake has jolted northeastern Japan, the same region devastated by March’s massive quake and tsunami.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage […]
July 18, 2011
Illinois State Route 157 in Edwardsville is having a mini building boom. Three commercial and one mixed-use projects are in the works for a 2-mile […]
July 3, 2011
Sudan’s northern government expects United Nations peacekeepers to leave a volatile border state immediately after Southern Sudan becomes independent next weekend, an official said Sunday, […]
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June 23, 2011
It rises from South Grand Boulevard like some kind of red-rimmed flying saucer, a neon UFO serving 99-cent bean and cheese burritos into the wee […]
June 1, 2011
Scores of House Republicans are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama to demand trillions of dollars in spending cuts […]
May 3, 2011
Viasystems Group Inc., a Clayton-based maker of printed circuit boards and other products, reported net income for $3.8 million for the first quarter, compared to […]
April 23, 2011
European Central Bank Chief Economist Juergen Stark said a debt restructuring by a euro country risked triggering a banking crisis that could “worst case” exceed […]