Public Counsel targets utility billing, payment practices

Despite its name, the Airport Currency Exchange, a bare-bones operation across Interstate 70 from Lambert International Airport, doesn’t trade in euros, pesos or British […]

AIG surges on speculation of fence-mending

Shares of American International Group Inc. surged Thursday as analysts speculated the company might be reconciling with former CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, who could […]

Upside of downturn: Less junk clogging your mailbox

You can find a bright spot in the recession as close as your mailbox: There are far fewer hefty catalogs, bulging coupon packets, unwanted […]

Procter & Gamble deal is in line with growth strategy

CINCINNATI — Procter & Gamble Co.’s $3.1 billion sale of its prescription drug business is in line with its recent strategy of shedding products […]

Variable annuities leave some investors disappointed

Will I ever stop getting e-mails like these?
"I just lost a friend of 20 years when I tried to tell her the […]

Schaeffer completes fieldhouse

Schaeffer Electric Co. has completed a design/build electrical project for the new 47,500-square-foot Danis Fieldhouse at St. Louis University High School.
Schaeffer designed and […]

Hyundai to offer up to $1000 to scrap old cars

Hyundai Auto Canada is offering $500 to $1,000 to motorists to scrap their older vehicles and buy the company's new models.
In announcing its “clean air […]

China’s CIC set to invest in U.S. mortgages

China’s $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, which lost big on its ill-timed 2007 Morgan Stanley and Blackstone bets, plans to invest up to $2 […]

European economy has good showing

The European economy bounced back with unexpected strength in the second quarter, buoying hopes that a worldwide recession was drawing to a close.
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CIT to submit capital plan to NY Fed

Troubled lender CIT Group Inc on Thursday said it agreed to provide a capital and liquidity management plan to its regulator within 15 days, […]