March 1st, 2010
Ronnie’s Ice Cream, a 31-year-old frozen dessert manufacturer, will move from St. Louis to Crestwood’s Watson Industrial Park Drive this year, co-owner Ron Ryan said after the Board of Aldermen approved a conditional use permit Tuesday night.
Ronnie’s now makes Quezel Sorbets and other specialty desserts at 1919 South Grand Boulevard cash advance […]
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February 23rd, 2010
South Africa will probably report this week that the economy is expanding at its fastest pace in more than a year and that inflation exceeded the target range for a second month, closing the door on interest rate cuts.
Regulators may also announce an increase in electricity prices of as much as 30 percent […]
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February 15th, 2010
Vestas Americas on Thursday cut 114 positions, or 6 percent of its North American work force, due to sluggish demand for wind energy projects.
Vestas Americas is the Portland-based North American headquarters of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the Randers, Denmark-based wind turbine manufacturer.
The cuts impact only 15 at the company’s Portland office, which employs around 500 […]
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February 4th, 2010
FutureGen timeline
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.
April […]
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February 1st, 2010
Laclede Group Inc., the owner of Missouri’s largest natural gas utility, said fiscal first-quarter profit fell 27 percent on lower margins and sales from its wholesale gas marketing unit.
Net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $22.9 million, or $1.03 per share, compared with $31.3 million, or $1.41, a year earlier.
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January 26th, 2010
A 1930 Ford Model A used by bank robber John Dillinger to evade federal agents sold at auction Saturday for $165,000.
The car, sold at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., had a cameo role in the 2009 movie "Public Enemies" starring Johnny Depp.
This car was used in Dillinger’s 1934 escape from the […]
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January 20th, 2010
Did you purchase a home after Nov. 6? Don’t expect your $8,000 homebuyer tax credit any time soon.
UPDATED: IRS releases new form, begins accepting claims again
Since Congress passed the tax credit last February as part of the stimulus program, more than 1.4 million buyers have scrambled to take advantage of it, according to […]
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December 16th, 2009
OTTAWA–With nearly a third of all Canadian families lacking any pension savings, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and his provincial counterparts are hoping in the next few days to find new ways to keep seniors from winding up in poverty. While the gathering in Whitehorse on Thursday and Friday is far too short to solve […]
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December 15th, 2009
Asia should keep interest rates low even as China, South Korea and other emerging economies in the region may grow at the fastest pace in three years in 2010, the Asian Development Bank said.
“Inflation is still low,” Jong-Wha Lee, the Asian Development Bank’s chief economist, told reporters in Manila today. “We haven’t seen […]
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December 3rd, 2009
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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