Italy Auctions $25.8 Billion of Bonds in Week as ECB Buoys Investor Demand - Bloomberg

Italy auctioned 7 billion euros ($9 billion) of debt to bring the total raised this week to almost 20 billion euros, underscoring how the European […]

Build-A-Bear issues third toy recall this year

For the third time this year, Build-A-Bear Workshop has discovered a potentially dangerous defect in its toys.
The Overland-based toy retailer is recalling 297,200 “Colorful Hearts […]

Reporter’s brother: Hacking was routine at The Sun

Illegal voicemail interception and cell phone tracking was a matter of routine at both The Sun and the News of the World tabloids, the brother […]

Trade deficit shrinks for fourth straight month

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October to its lowest point of the year as Americans bought fewer foreign cars and imported less oil. Exports […]

ECB could cut benchmark rate

The European Central Bank could step up its efforts against Europe’s debt crisis by cutting interest rates on Thursday for the second time in five […]

Cutting deficits harder than just talking about it

The coming year-end spending spree after so much debate over budget deficits shows just how hard it is to stem the government’s flow of red […]

Mexico discovers gas reserves off Gulf coast

Deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has revealed reserves that could multiply Mexico’s production of natural gas, the country’s state oil company said Thursday.
Petroleos […]

Holland Construction Services starts renovations on Memorial Care Center in Belleville

Holland Construction Services Inc. started extensive renovations at Memorial Care Center at 4315 Memorial Drive in Belleville.
The $6 million project includes an upgrade to the […]

Death toll from Thailand’s floods tops 600

The death toll from Thailand’s worst flooding in more than half a century has passed 600.
The floods began in late July, fed by heavy monsoon […]

Ameren pledges to hurry Lake of the Ozarks plan

Ameren Missouri says it will submit a proposal to adjust the Bagnell Dam project boundary at Lake of the Ozarks sooner than federal regulators required.
The […]