Bryan Cave merging with Denver law firm
December 6, 2011
St. Louis-based law firm Bryan Cave will merge next month with Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, based in Denver, the firms announced today.
Terms of the […]
Wind farm project in Oklahoma clashes with land’s other energy use
December 4, 2011
In one northern Oklahoma county, oil and wind don’t mix.
That’s where plans by St. Louisan Tom Carnahan’s Wind Capital Group LLC for a large wind […]
Fewer homeowners are ‘under water’ on their mortgages
November 29, 2011
Slightly fewer St. Louis home owners were “under water” on their mortgages last summer, according to a new report.
CoreLogic, a real estate analysis company, today […]
Venezuela receives first gold shipment from Europe
November 26, 2011
President Hugo Chavez’s government began repatriating Venezuela’s gold reserves from European banks Friday as the first shipment arrived on a flight from Paris.
Troops guarded the […]
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Asia stocks fall on Europe debt crisis impasse
November 25, 2011
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Friday after Germany continued to oppose a bigger role for the European Central Bank in managing the continent’s debt […]
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Illinois officials crack down on illegal parking in handicap spaces on Black Friday
November 23, 2011
State monitors will crack down on scofflaws who illegally park in spaces reserved for those with disabilities on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping […]
Illinois’ unemployment rate rises to 10.1 percent
November 18, 2011
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 […]
Asian stocks waver as Europe crisis fears weigh
November 17, 2011
Asian stocks wavered on Thursday, looking for direction after a credit ratings agency warning that U.S. banks could be hit hard if Europe’s debt crisis […]
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Stocks slump as Italy’s key rate hits 7 percent
November 15, 2011
Rising borrowing rates for many of the eurozone’s more indebted countries sent investors scurrying out of stock markets Tuesday, on a day that Italy’s premier-designate […]
GOP co-chair: Debt talks a ‘roller coaster ride’
November 13, 2011
The Republican co-chair of a committee in charge of slashing the nation’s deficit on Sunday called deliberations a “roller coaster ride” and gave no indication […]