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PSC orders Ameren to refund $17 million to customers

April 30, 2011

Missouri regulators have ordered Ameren to refund customers more than $17 million from power sales to other utilities over the past two years.
The Public Service […]

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Dow Chemical 1Q earnings grow 34 percent

April 28, 2011

The Dow Chemical Co. says first-quarter earnings increased 34 percent on especially strong results in its health and agricultural sciences business.
The Midland, Mich., company on […]

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Tighter Monetary Policy Likely as Europe Fights Price Pressure, Weber Says - Bloomberg

April 17, 2011

Bundesbank President Axel Weber said today that European price pressures have increased significantly and that tighter monetary policy can be expected.
Weber, who is a […]

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Business news briefs

April 14, 2011

St. Louis foreclosures decline

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French Consumer Spending Climbed in February on Outlook for Jobs, Growth - Bloomberg

March 30, 2011

French consumer spending on manufactured goods rose in February, lifted by prospects for accelerating growth and job creation.
Spending advanced 0.9 percent from January, when […]

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Mongolia Needs to Shift Focus to Balanced Growth From Mining, Premier Says - Bloomberg

March 8, 2011

Mongolia needs to look beyond the coal and copper mines that are driving its economic boom to find a more balanced model of growth, Prime […]

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Bangladesh forces Nobel laureate from microlender

March 2, 2011

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been forced from his position as head of the microfinance lender he founded, Grameen Bank, a central bank official said […]

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Obama’s wackiest budget cuts

February 15, 2011

The funding grants nobody wants. The "mobile" policing unit that doesn’t get around much. How about the big fancy telescope that has been mismanaged?
President […]

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Americans Figuring Out Who Is World’s No. 1: William Pesek - Bloomberg

January 15, 2011

Nine percent of Americans think Japan is the world’s top economic power, and that raises an obvious question: Huh?
If we knew exactly who that […]

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Investors keep up the pressure on Portugal, Spain

November 25, 2010

Investors kept up pressure on Portugal and Spain Thursday, as fears that they could be the European debt crisis’ next victims pushed borrowing costs near […]

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