Experts say downtown will struggle

The downtown St. Louis turnaround that seemed just around the corner last fall may take longer than many had hoped.
As the echoes continue […]

JC Penney tumbles on cut earnings forecast

Department store operator JC Penney Co Inc (JCP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday cut its first-quarter earnings forecast and said it expects the environment […]

What can be done to ease the nursing shortage?

Dean, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College WE NEED TEACHERS TO HELP TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION OF HIGHLY SKILLED NURSES.
Nursing shortages historically […]

Sales, prices fall in local housing market

Every St. Louis-area county saw sales of existing houses fall in February, compared to the same month in 2007. And everywhere except Franklin County, […]

Questions abound on Bear Stearns buyout

Stunned Bear Stearns shareholders who saw investments virtually wiped out overnight when a takeover deal with JPMorgan Chase was unveiled are demanding to know […]

BJC settles lawsuit for uninsured patients

BJC Healthcare, the area’s largest health care system, will provide a 25 percent discount to all hospital patients without insurance under a class-action settlement […]

Crisis tests Bernanke; most see him up to task

The future job prospects of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke could hang in the balance as the U.S. central bank wrestles with the biggest […]

How many hours a day do you spend at work?

Average number of hours that Americans put in at work each day, according to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2008 Sleep in America poll, online […]

Post-Dispatch cuts 31 positions

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is eliminating 31 positions at the newspaper. The main departments affected will be the circulation and classified advertising phone rooms, […]

Fed offers $200 billion to prop up lenders

WASHINGTON — Impelled to take extraordinary measures for the second time in less than a week, the Federal Reserve moved Tuesday to subdue the […]