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President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to speak on the economy, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
(photo: AP / Ron Edmonds)
House passes health care reform bill
Business Journal
Development chief ready to sell state U.S. House OKs extension of jobless benefits Young helped establish Atlanta on global map Extension of first-time home buyer credit advances to Obama U.S. Senate vote sends NBAF funding bill to Obama | The U.S. House of Representatives passed a health care refor...
House passes health care reform bill
Business Journal
Development chief ready to sell state U.S. House OKs extension of jobless benefits Young helped establish Atlanta on global map Extension of first-time home buyer credit advances to Obama U.S. Senate vote sends NBAF funding bill to Obama | The U.S. H...
Junk food firms and doctors mix messages
Nashville Tennessean
Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Previous Page | KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They may seem like odd couples, partners from opposite poles with a passion to help you lead a healthier life. | Or maybe it's about money. | Soda-pop makers courting medical groups. Pota...
Gateway Bank seized, sold to Central Bank
Business Journal
FDIC fines Gateway Bank of St. Louis St. Louis bank numbers paint ugly picture Hampton Roads Bankshares selling 32.5M shares Acquisitions boost First Financial’s profits Rock solid: Neptune Fine Granite grows on a foundation of craftsmanship, custo...
Regulators Close Gateway Bank, Prosperan Bank
ABC News
November 7, 2009 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank regulators closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Prosperan Bank, of Oakdale, Minnesota, on Friday, the 118th and 119th U.S. bank to fail this year. | The Federal Deposit Insurance...
Big California bank fails, has China branches
DNA India
| Washington: United Commercial Bank, a big San Francisco bank with branches in China, was closed by state regulators on Friday and its banking operations were acquired by East West Bancorp Inc, also active in both nations. | East West said the trans...
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The Columbus Dispatch
COLUMBUS | Pension fund files suit with SEC against Limited | A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Limited Brands Inc. on behalf of institutional investor International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 697 Pension Fund. | The suit was...
Filipino shoppers walk past Christmas decorations and accessories at a shopping mall in Ermita, Manila, Philippines on October 28, 2009.
WN / Janice Sabnal
Buying into a Christmas without presents
The Examiner
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - I'm not a Scrooge, really. I embrace almost all of Christmas. Except for one time-honored tradition that brings so much stress and expense that el...
Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson addresses a small crowd during the grand opening of a housing unit Thursday, July 30, 2009, in Osawatomie, Kan. The apartment complex is the first affordable housing project in the U.S. financed by federal stimulus dollars.
AP / Charlie Riedel
Kansas governor says critics too generous on job deal
Kansas City Star
More News | TOPEKA | Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson is suggesting that critics who think his administration isn't trying hard enough to lure thousands of jobs away from Missouri are pu...
The Dutch Belted (Lakenvelder) breed of dairy cattle is, according to records, the only belted breed of cattle tracing back directly to the original belted or "canvassed" cattle which were described in Switzerland and Austria.
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Missouri farmers report tough fall
The Examiner
Comments CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (Map, News) - Southeastern Missouri crop and dairy farmers are reporting a tough fall. | Dairy farmers have struggled with prices, while weather has af...
Health care bill economics
The Examiner
| One topic discussed in these pages is how government intervention does not provide the stimulation to resuscitate a moribund economy. Government itself has little to offer an economy since it exists only through taxation and borrowing. It is a cost...
Putting limits on speculative investing appears to be dimming
Kansas City Star
More News | A chance to rein in speculative investments that could be pushing up energy prices appears to be fading in Washington. | The Commodity Futures Trading Commission held hearings in the summer on limiting the investments in commodity index f...
Banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo., Calif. closed
Philadelphia Daily News
| IEVA M. AUGSTUMS and MARCY GORDON | The Associated Press | CHARLOTTE, N.C - Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy...
U.S. Regulators Close Gateway Bank, Prosperan Bank
ABC News
November 6, 2009 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank regulators closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Prosperan Bank, of Oakdale, Minnesota, on Friday, the 118th and 119th U.S. bank to fail this year. | The Federal Deposit Insurance...
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Filipina Teacher - Students - Classroom - School - Education
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Teachers Helped Most by Stimulus Act
CBS News
State Reports to Show Tens of Thousands of Teacher Jobs Spared with Stimulus Money | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Photo | President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Stories Survey: Recession Over, Economi...



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