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The collapse of talks aimed at reducing the staggering U.S. budget deficit sent Asian stock markets mostly lower Tuesday.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1 percent […]

Illinois added 30,000 jobs in October, but the state’s unemployment rate still rose slightly as more jobless people re-entered the workforce, state officials said Friday.
The […]

Ford Motor Co., stung by falling quality ratings because of its glitch-prone MyFord Touch system, is planning a major upgrade that it hopes will fix […]

An update of the Sept. 1 Post-Dispatch story on leaks at one of the coal ash ponds at Ameren Missouri’s Labadie power plant in Franklin […]

Businesses ordered more computers, communications equipment and other big-ticket items in August, a sign they are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite weak growth.
Orders for […]

The downtown office of law firm Lathrop & Gage is packing up today as the firm consolidates all of its local attorneys and staff to a single location […]

The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It’s a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe.
The United […]

Stock futures are higher after the government said claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week.
The Labor Department said Thursday morning that first-time claims for […]

Germany’s highly profitable auto makers are rolling out important new vehicles in the ferociously competitive small car market at this year’s Frankfurt auto show.
The Volkswagen […]

Hershey, the nation’s second-largest candymaker, is reporting that in nearly tripled its second-quarter profit, largely because of one-time costs that dampened profits a year ago.
Yet […]