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10.27.2009 10:28 am

Rams owner Kroenke looks to add to his arsenal of teams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stan Kroenke, who owns 40 percent of the Rams, is inching closer to a takeover bid at Premier League soccer team Arsenal, based in London. Every purchase of the team’s shares by Kroenke, no matter how small, is detailed in…

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10.13.2009 10:08 am

Boeing expanding to power-grid market?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bloomberg News is reporting this morning that Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is looking to enter the U.S. power-grid market because the company’s key defense programs are being canceled or facing budget cuts.

After a month in the job, Muilenburg, 45, said he’s…

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05.28.2009 2:51 pm

Durbin: foreclosure crisis growing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said more should be done to tame America’s foreclosure crisis.

Durbin, D-Ill., told a lunchtime gathering at the Regional Chamber and Growth Association offices in downtown St. Louis that forecasts of 8 million mortgage foreclosures mean some parts of the country will continue…

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03.04.2009 11:49 am

Track the economy, bailout with interactive graphics

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Associated Press has detailed graphics that chart the economy and government spending. Here’s what you can find:

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01.29.2009 11:40 am

Astronaut to Scouts: Follow your dreams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Photo by Peter George, courtesy of Boeing Co.

Photo by Peter George, courtesy of Boeing Co.

Dr. Sandra (Sandy) Magnus, an astronaut on the international space station, fielded questions from a group of southern Illinois Girl Scouts who gathered today at the Boeing Co. headquarters near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

While…

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12.02.2008 11:38 am

St. Louis unemployment rate hits 6.9%

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The grim employment scene continued in October, when the St. Louis metro area’s unemployment rate hit 6.9 percent, according to new figures out today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

That’s a sharp jump from the 5.3 percent rate in October,…

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12.02.2008 11:27 am

Isle of Capri loss narrows in Q2, but revenue falls

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Isle of Capri Casinos said its loss narrowed in the second quarter, but revenue fell and it’s still being buffeted by the weak economy and hurricanes on the Gulf Coast.

The Creve Coeur-based gaming company Tuesday morning reported revenues of $254.1…

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11.13.2008 3:44 pm

Dennis Phillips for Treasury secretary

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Not much news lately on Barack Obama’s pick for Treasury secretary. I’m just spiffballing here, but Mr. Obama might be thinking of getting a little crazy here. He’s a rock star, right? Maybe he’s looking for star power in his Cabinet.

It’s…

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11.12.2008 4:52 pm

Gas prices: Where are they headed?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The prices of gas and oil have gone down, way down. According to Missouri AAA, the average gas price in the St. Louis market was $3.98 on July 14. In four months, the price has been more than halved to…

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11.03.2008 3:12 pm

Report: St. Louis rental market stable, but not growing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The last year has been a rough one for real estate companies, but owners of apartment buildings are faring better than most.

That’s the word from RubinBrown, a Clayton-based accounting firm that tracks the local rental market.

St. Louis-area apartment projects saw…

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