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Sensing a political opening, congressional Republicans are moving toward a high-stakes showdown with President Barack Obama over a plan to link fast-tracked approval of an […]

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 […]

HEAD NORTH: More than just northside visitors, merchants, residents and this colyumnist are impressed with development of the Old North St. Louis community.
St. Louis Mayor […]

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 […]

Attackers set off explosives early Monday along a gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that transports fuel to neighboring Israel and Jordan, forcing a shutdown […]

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 […]

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 […]

If only Europe weren’t so menacing, American investors probably would be feeling less apprehensive about the economy and stock market.
U.S. economic data this past week […]

Defunct trading company MF Global Inc. has terminated its entire workforce of 1,066 employees, the trustee for its liquidation said Friday.
James W. Giddens, the court-appointed […]

Libya’s interim government is unlikely to award new oil concessions or take major economic decisions, saving those for an elected leadership, as it focuses instead […]