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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]