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Business conditions improve in Missouri
Business Journal
Economic indexes fall for Missouri, Kansas Missouri economy shows slight improvement Economic index falls for Missouri Wichita doctor makes 22nd trip to College World Series as a volunteer | The Missouri Business Conditions Index increased to 49.7 in June — its highest level since September &m...
Missouri revenue drop is ‘worst in over a generation’
Business Journal
| Missouri’s net general revenue collections dropped 7 percent in fiscal 2009 as residents lost jobs and pulled back on spending, which hurt the state’s income and sales tax collections. | State Budget Director Linda Luebbering said Thurs...
Missouri revenue drop ‘worst in over a generation’
Business Journal
| Missouri’s net general revenue collections dropped 7 percent in fiscal 2009 as residents lost jobs and pulled back on spending, which hurt the state’s income and sales tax collections. | State Budget Director Linda Luebbering said Thurs...
Barry-Wehmiller adds board director
Business Journal
Robbins & Myers workers walk off job; no other units affected Contract talks cease, union walks out at Robbins & Myers business unit Forsyth Capital Investors adds managing director | Peter Wallace, president and chief executive officer of Robbins &a...
St. Charles launches county health assessment
Business Journal
| Healthy Communities St. Charles County is conducting a countywide health needs assessment for the St. Charles County region. | This assessment will provide a snapshot of the community's overall health and will assist in targeting outreach and w...
Some Lists of State Tax Laws Affecting Retirees
The New York Times
| Filed at 3:39 p.m. ET | People seeking tax-friendly places to live in retirement face a hodgepodge of state tax laws to comb through. While experts recommend looking at total potential tax obligations, not just income or property taxes, here are so...
Cancer charity reproved by BBB
Business Journal
Barbash back at state post | A Knoxville, Tenn.-based charity that is soliciting locally gives less than a penny of every dollar raised in direct aid to help people with cancer, the BBB said Thursday. | Cancer Fund of America solicits donations natio...
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Microsoft Announces 2009 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | REDMOND, Wash. (Map) - Awards recognize partners' innovative use of Microsoft technology to exceed customer expectations ...
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U.S. lends money for electric cars
Philadelphia Daily News
| By Kimberly S. Johnson and Ken Thomas | Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. - The Obama administration said yesterday that it would lend $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Co. and a total o...
Ford Motor Company employee Ralph Gazzillo assembles the new 2008 Ford Taurus X, in this June 22, 2007 file photo after a launch celebration for the 2008 Ford Taurus, Taurus X, and Mercury Sable at the Chicago Assembly Plant where they are being built. The nation's factories, plants and utilities should continue picking up steam in coming months, a research group said Monday, July 2, 2007, suggesting hardy consumer spending and moderating inflation are boosting confidence among manufacturers. The top performing industries in June were petroleum and coal products; chemical products; plastics and rubber products; food, beverage and tobacco products; nonmetallic mineral products; computer and electronic products; paper products; fabricated metal products; primary metals; miscellaneous manufacturing; textile mills; and machiner
AP / M. Spencer Green, file
Ford, Nissan to get US technology loans
The Australian
| FORD will receive nearly $US5.9 billion ($7.4 billion) in US government loans to build fuel-efficient vehicles as the Obama administration deepened its commitment to reshaping th...
Insurance complaints reap $5.9M
Business Journal
Missouri issues cease-and-desist order against Universal Casualty Rising premiums leave owners on unstable ground Report: Missouri Professionals Mutual state's largest medical malpractice insurer | Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Dep...
Hot Dogs Over Steaks This 4th of July in Bad Economy
CNBC
Americans will be throwing more hot dogs and hamburgers on their backyard grills rather than higher-priced meat like steaks this July 4 U.S. Independence Day holiday as the recession and high unemployment crimp celebrations. | "It will be the cheaper...
St. Louis opera strikes chord with younger audience
Business Journal
“The performance (of 'Salome') was so powerful,” said Timothy O’Leary, general director of The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. “Sometimes it all comes together: brilliant staging, we had Kelly Kaduce, the great sin...
Survey: Midwestern economy has bottomed out
Business Journal
| The Midwestern economy has bottomed out, but that hasn’t led to the creation of new jobs, according to a survey of supply managers for a nine-state area that includes Minnesota. | The June Business Conditions Index, published monthly Creighto...
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U.S. lends money for electric cars
Philadelphia Daily News
| By Kimberly S. Johnson and Ken Thomas | Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. - The Obama administration said yesterday that it would lend $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Co. and a total of about $2.1 billion to Nissan Motor Co. and Tesla Motors Inc. in a government-industry partnership to build energy-efficient cars. | Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the...



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