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History museum gives innovative internships to high schoolers

April 8, 2012

By his own account, Jordan Suber had little to zero interest in events that preceded his birth 17 years ago.
History was “boring.” Little more than […]

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Gasoline price holds at average $3.92 per gallon

April 3, 2012

The surge in gasoline prices appears to have stalled this week around $3.92 per gallon. But experts caution that more increases lie ahead.
Many refineries have […]

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Study finds St. Louis’ economy throttling down

March 28, 2012

As the nation struggled to emerge from the recession, the long-sluggish St. Louis economy, for once, looked sprightly by comparison.
Now, as the U.S. economy picks […]

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Bernanke: Fed didn’t cause housing bubble

March 24, 2012

The Federal Reserve isn’t to blame for the housing bubble, Ben Bernanke told a lecture hall full of college students Thursday.
But the students wouldn’t […]

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IMF chief Lagarde urges more global finance reform

March 18, 2012

The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Sunday against complacency about global finance despite improved conditions after the latest Greek debt deal and said […]

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Fed’s Evans sees risks in ’siren calls’ to hike rates

March 16, 2012

Despite recent “encouraging” economic news, the Federal Reserve should do even more to boost growth, or risk stagnation that could persist for a decade […]

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Bank of Montreal brings back 2.99 per cent., five-year mortgage

March 8, 2012

The Bank of Montreal has fired another shot across the bow of its housing market rivals by renewing its record-low 2.99 per cent rate on […]

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Alton firm sees green in shuttered paper mills

March 2, 2012

Two entrepreneurs who helped resurrect a shuttered steel mill in Alton nearly a decade ago have turned to a green pursuit: recycling paper mills.
Green Investment […]

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Buffett says stocks, homes are fairly cheap now

February 27, 2012

Billionaire Warren Buffett says stocks remain relatively cheap compared to other investments right now, and the economy continues to improve slowly.
The head of Berkshire Hathaway […]

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Thousands of trade unionists demonstrate in Tunis

February 26, 2012

More than 4,000 members of Tunisia’s main trade union marched through the center of the capital on Saturday to denounce the Islamist-led government. Police fired […]

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