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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has leveraged growing economic ties with China to reduce tensions to their lowest level since the two sides split in 1949. China’s incessant effort to draw the democratic island closer politically has been on the back burner, and as Ma’s second term begins Sunday the question is whether he can keep […]

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Tony Feraro, the president and CEO of Concord Bank in South St. Louis County, died Wednesday. He was 64.
Feraro joined the bank in November 2008.
“The entire Concord Bank family mourns the loss of Tony,” said Concord Bank chairman Earl Gates in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and four children, and […]

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At first blush, it may not seem like an honor to be called the best city for cheapskates.
But upon further reflection, St. Louis’ clinching of the top spot in Kiplinger.com’s list of top 10 cities for cheapskates may just be something to brag about.
After all, the website came up with the list by comparing a […]

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Air Canada is pinning its future business strategy on Boeing

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Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded in February at the fastest pace in four months as orders and sales picked up.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

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America is filled with lawyers, and lawyers sue people. Then those people hire more lawyers to ward off the suing lawyers. It’s all gonzo business for lawyers and a nagging little worry for the rest of us.
Most of us will never get sued. Still, it’s worth looking at ways to protect assets in case a […]

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A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria says a U.S. citizen kidnapped in the country’s oil-rich southern delta has been released.
Spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press on Friday the man had been released. She declined to offer any other information.
Police previously said the attack happened in Warri, the capital of Delta state. The […]

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Nigerian labor unions plan to go ahead with a nationwide strike to protest the scrapping of fuel subsidies that more than doubled gasoline prices, said Owei Lakemfa, general secretary of the Nigeria Labor Congress.

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President Barack Obama said he will nominate two former U.S. Treasury Department officials for the Federal Reserve Board, including one who served in a Republican administration.
Jerome Powell, an attorney who was a Treasury undersecretary for former President George H.W. Bush, and Jeremy Stein, a Harvard University economist who has advised the current administration, are […]

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