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This was supposed to be the year of the IPO comeback.
Six months into 2011, the market for initial public offerings was stronger than before the […]

Business at local casinos climbed 3.7 percent in November, according to new data out from state regulators Monday.
Gamblers lost $87.6 million at the region’s six […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel is downplaying the news that Standard & Poor’s is examining the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries for a possible downgrade, saying […]

Lee Enterprises, owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, announced Friday that it will file a “prepackaged” bankruptcy in an effort to refinance about $1 billion […]

Fast-growing Asian and Middle Eastern airlines have signed orders recently for hundreds of new airplanes _ now they face the problem of finding enough pilots […]

Costs related to its spin-off of its Post cereal business, merger and integration costs and non-cash impairment charges led Ralcorp Holdings to post a loss […]

China’s sovereign wealth fund wants to invest in improving neglected U.S. and European roads and other infrastructure to spur global growth, the fund’s chairman said […]

Some shoppers skipped out on Thanksgiving dinner altogether in the pursuit of low-priced TVs and laptops.
Others joined those diehards in line later in the day […]

World stocks fell Wednesday after a survey showed China’s factories are cutting production and the U.S. lowered its third quarter growth estimate, adding to pessimism […]

Tyson Foods says its fourth-quarter net income is less than half what it posted last year, with higher grain costs offsetting better prices and revenue.
The […]