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In what may be the bluntest assessment by a high-ranking White House official of China’s exchange rate policy, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday […]

MWH Americas Inc. has responded to news reports accusing the Colorado engineering and construction company of overbilling and poor performance for work on the reconstruction […]

Arizona’s Medicaid program is getting nearly $45 million in financial relief from the federal government.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday that the […]

Toyota’s recall troubles continue to grow, with the total number of vehicles affected by two recalls involving gas pedals growing to at least 5.3 […]

Burger King Corp. said Friday it plans to open a Whopper Bar in the South Beach area of Miami next month.
To keep up with […]

Belleville-based Taylor Roofing Inc. recently installed a "green roof terrace" at Rendleman Hall at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The terrace garden, installed on […]

A developer finding new uses for a 1920s streetcar garage and an abandoned rail yard is helping reverse decades of decline along north St. […]

Microsoft Corp. has lost an appeal against a small Toronto company in a patent fight that cost the world’s biggest software maker $290 million (U.S.) […]

Euro-region banks may have to write down an additional 187 billion euros ($268 billion) as loans to property companies and eastern European nations threaten […]

Business at local casinos dipped 1 percent last month, according to figures released Thursday by Missouri and Illinois gaming regulators.
The weak economy appeared […]