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February 2003 — President George W. Bush announces initiative to develop coal-fueled power plant with near-zero emissions.
April 2003 — Utilities and mining companies, including St. Louis-based Peabody Energy, organize to help build plant, dubbed FutureGen.
December 2005 — Department of Energy, companies sign agreement to develop plant.
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Iraqi and Iranian forces are dug in on either side of a disputed inactive oil well in the sensitive border area, with Iraqis vowing to fight if necessary to fend off another occupation of the well by Iranian soldiers.
Iraqi troops say they will defend the well, where Iranian troops raised a flag for several […]

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St. Louis airport officials have been working for four years on a plan to develop new cargo facilities on the north side of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Today, they expect to make that plan official.
At its meeting this afternoon, the Airport Commission is set to vote on a deal to redevelop 76 acres […]

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Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose unexpectedly to their highest level in 3-1/2 years in October, a survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the housing market recovery was gaining steam.
The National Association of Realtors said its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in October, rose 3.7 percent to 114.1, rising for […]

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MONTREAL–Bombardier Aerospace says it will lay off an additional 715 workers in its Montreal-area facilities as it reduces production of its CRJ regional jets.
The company says a tough economic and airline industry environment make it difficult to gain new aircraft orders. Executives have been warning of cuts to the company's workforce for some […]

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Federal prosecutors in the Galleon Group case have sent a subpoena to a former employee of Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors, a sign that the scope of the problem into the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history is expanding, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Wells Fargo reported record profits of $3.2 billion, the company said Wednesday, nearly doubling the amount of money it made just a year ago.
Despite facing an ongoing recession and rising loan losses, the San Francisco-based bank said its third-quarter results were lifted by strong performances in its mortgage lending business and other divisions.
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Stocks slipped Friday, as falling oil prices dragged on the influential commodities sector and investors took a step back after pushing the major indexes to 11-month highs in the previous session.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) lost 21 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 (SPX) index lost 1 point, or 0.1%. Both the Dow […]

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Germany is ready for further talks with General Motors on the sale of European carmaker Opel and wants to avoid confrontation with the U.S. firm on the matter, a government spokesman said on Monday.
“It is important not to resort to confrontation,” government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said at a regular government news conference, adding the […]

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A new government investigative panel charged with getting to the bottom of what caused the financial crisis was assembled on Wednesday, and its chairman vowed to begin work soon.
Congressional leaders named 10 members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which has the power to hold hearings and collect records examining everything from fraud to […]

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