Schweikert leading big in GOP race for 5th District

David Schweikert is set to take the Republican primary in the 5th Congressional District.
As of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night, he is well ahead of Susan Bitter Smith and Jim Ward in a U.S. House District that includes Scottsdale, Tempe and Fountain Hills.
Schweikert will take on U personal loans for bad credit.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Tempe, […]

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Biogen Idec moves forward with trials

Biogen Idec has successfully completed phase 1 and 2a safety trials of its new hemophilia B treatment rFIXFc and has begun phase 3 trials.
The Weston, Mass.-based company (NASDAQ: BIIB) has developed the new drug with Swedish company Orphan Biovitrum AB (STO: SOBI).
The treatment has the potential to improve the lives of hemophilia patients by […]

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Stocks slump on economic woes

Stocks slumped Thursday, with the Dow losing 145 points, as investors mulled mixed reports on the economy and a sell-off in bank shares as Wall Street reform talk move toward a close.
Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) lost around 145 points, or 1.4%. The S&P 500 (SPX) lost 18 points or 1.7% and the Nasdaq […]

Oil tumbles on disappointing jobs data

Oil prices dropped Friday after a government report said almost all of the jobs added last month were temporary Census workers, and the euro fell to a 4-year low.
What prices are doing: Crude oil for July delivery fell $3.10, or more than 4%, to settle at $71.51 a barrel.
Oil prices rose more than 2% […]

Iceland Rejects Icesave Depositors Bill in Referendum

Icelanders rejected by a massive majority a bill that would saddle each citizen with $16,400 of debt in protest at U.K. and Dutch demands that they cover losses triggered by the failure of a private bank.
Ninety-three percent voted against the so-called Icesave bill, according to preliminary results on national broadcaster RUV. Final results […]

Revenue drops at all local casinos, except the beleaguered President

January was a tough month for St. Louis-area casinos, as the recession and cold weather teamed up to tamp down business.
Gambling revenue at the region’s six casinos fell by 4 percent in the month compared to last year, according to figures out Wednesday from Missouri and Illinois regulators. Every casino saw business fall. […]

Luxury prices: To cut or not to cut?

Step into Nordstrom a year ago for handmade Italian pumps and flats from designer Anyi Lu and you’d be shelling out as much as $595 a pair. This season, everything in the spring collection that hits stores next month goes for under $400. For CEO David Spatz, adjusting prices downward simply made sense: "The […]

Gold hits record on talk of Indian buying

Gold prices hit record highs above $1,180 an ounce in Europe on Wednesday, boosted by the euro’s move through $1.50 against the dollar and by a report that India may consider buying more bullion from the IMF.
U.S. gold futures for December delivery on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $21.20 […]

One less slice of pumpkin pie?

For Christy Harp, a math teacher from Ohio, it was a great year for competitive gourd growing — her 1,725-pound giant pumpkin shattered the world record by more than 30 pounds.
But that achievement is a lone bright spot in the Midwestern world of pumpkins. In Morton, Ill., the "Pumpkin Capital of the World," […]

UBS client money still flowing to regional banks

Swiss regional banks attracted money from their bigger, troubled rival UBS AG in the third quarter but at a slower pace than previously, the head of the banks’ association told Reuters.
Hanspeter Hess said the influx of client money was largely due to changed client perceptions toward UBS, the big Swiss bank shaken by billions […]