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The European Central Bank will raise rates if the increase in inflation is not temporary and fuels second-round effects, Governing Council member Yves Mersch said. […]

Chile and the United States are working on a nuclear energy accord in advance of President Barack Obama’s visit to the region in March, the […]

Iron firm to move from city to Metro East

The Go! Network, a support group formed to help displaced middle managers navigate what was then expected to be a short-term employment crisis, reached a […]

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Fred Weber Inc. of Maryland Heights remains a major builder of roads and bridges, but is out of the waste-management business.
IESI-BFC Ltd., a publicly traded […]

Mortgage rates are moving higher thanks to the rising cost of borrowing in the bond market.
RBC Royal Bank was the first of the big […]

Stock futures are trading higher a day after Ireland requested financial assistance from its neighbors.
The country has been in the midst of a financial crisis […]

U.S. industrial production was flat in October, Federal Reserve data showed on Tuesday, a weaker-than-expected showing that reflected a big drag from utilities.
Economists polled […]

Democratic lawmakers — including Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. — jumped on Bank of America’s freezing all of […]