May 18th, 2012
A private equity firm with interests in clothing, parking lots, steakhouses and other businesses will be the new owner of The Telegraph, the newspaper that has served the Alton area since 1836.
Sale of The Telegraph by Freedom Communications to an arm of Versa Capital Management is part of a four-newspaper deal the companies announced Thursday. […]
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May 12th, 2012
A state court judge dismissed a lawsuit today that Molina Healthcare had filed in hopes of halting Missouri’s recent award of $1.1 billion in manged care contracts.
Molina, a losing bidder on the contracts, had accused state officials of violating Missouri’s competitive bidding law in awarding the Medicaid contracts on Feb. 17 to Clayton-based Centene Corp. […]
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May 5th, 2012
Billionaire Warren Buffett loves to showcase his company’s products at the annual meeting with a 200,000-square-foot exhibit hall filled with displays where Berkshire Hathaway companies like Dairy Queen and Clayton Homes sell items.
Buffett said Saturday he was feeling good despite disclosing last month that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Buffett employed the newspaper tossing […]
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May 2nd, 2012
A U.K. manufacturing index fell more than economists forecast in April to show its weakest growth this year as export orders declined the most since May 2009.
A gauge of factory output, based on a survey by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, dropped to 50.5 from a revised 51.9 in […]
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April 30th, 2012
ST. LOUIS • When it comes to deciding how much taxpayers should know about plans to overhaul the Edward Jones Dome, the Rams appear to be calling the shots.
The Rams, who last month rejected a $124 million renovation plan from the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission, by Tuesday must present the commission with an […]
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April 25th, 2012
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April 24th, 2012
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April 22nd, 2012
Switzerland’s tax disputes with the United States and some European nations are “an economic war” putting 20,000 jobs at risk, the CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS AG has been quoted as saying.
Switzerland has recently tried to shed its image as a tax haven, signing deals with the United States, Germany and Britain to provide […]
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April 21st, 2012
Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected quarterly results Thursday helped by a steep run up in its stock and bond trading activity.
Excluding certain accounting changes, trading revenue increased in the first quarter to $4.14 billion, up 18% from a year earlier, and double from the fourth quarter. Those gains came even as stock trading volume slowed […]
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April 17th, 2012
A Houston Holiday Inn owned by St. Louis developers Michael and Steve Roberts filed for bankruptcy today, representing the latest in a string of legal troubles for the brothers’ holdings spread across the country.
Michael and Steve Roberts are principals of St. Louis-based Roberts Cos., which owns 11 hotels, four TV stations, a radio station and […]
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