St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Business
- Senate panel approves immigration bill
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 08:33 PMFar-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tues…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - McKee to push on despite Jeff City defeat
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 05:40 PMLawmakers didn't extend Land Assemblage tax credit
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 03:08 PMThe man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:45 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday,…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Microsoft unveils Xbox One home entertainment system
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:19 PMMicrosoft unveils Xbox One home entertainment system
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hyatt workers set protest of Pritzker Commerce nomination
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 06:15 PMHyatt workers and union members are set to protest the nomination of billionaire businesswoman Penny Pritzker to the Commerce Department in a continuing effort to call attention to a long-stan…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Microsoft reveals Xbox One, next-generation gaming
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 01:25 PMMicrosoft thinks it has the one.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 12:35 PMThe meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - JPMorgan's Dimon faces shareholder referendum
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:07 AMShareholders are set to vote this morning on whether to strip him of his role as bank chairman. Early indications: the measure failed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 07:52 AMThe Senate investigation, results of which were disclosed Monday, found Apple employs a group of affiliate companies outside the United States to avoid paying taxes.
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- U.S. stocks gain on reassurance from St. Louis Fed president
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 04:55 PMJames Bullard, head of the Fed's St. Louis branch, told an audience in Germany that the Fed ought to stick with its bond-buying effort to bolster the economic recovery.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 04:38 PMMicrosoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday's unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stan Musial slept here, and so can you -- for $1.8M
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 04:00 PMLast home of "The Man" hits the real estate market
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:53 AMNEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carmakers fight drive to prevent rental of defective vehicles
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:30 PMComplaints from the auto industry suggest that legislation to keep recalled rental vehicles parked could have a difficult road ahead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 12:10 AMHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple CEO faces Senate grilling on taxes
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 12:18 PM"We pay all the taxes we owe — every single dollar," Tim Cook said. "We don't depend on tax gimmicks."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lew: IRS actions "unacceptable and inexcusable"
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:11 AMTreasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Growers making up for lost time in planting corn
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 09:55 AMThe USDA says 71% of the corn crop in key grain states is sowed, up from just 28% a week ago.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Average credit card debt, late payments fall in 1Q
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 06:14 AMWhile down, the late-payment rate is above historically low levels.
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- Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 05:52 PMTwitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavi…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Schnucks credit-card breach could cost $80 million just in Illinois
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:54 PMCompany discloses estimate as part of effort to move lawsuit to federal court.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentine torture cases
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 03:21 PMThree former Ford Motor Co. executives have been charged with crimes against humanity in Argentina for allegedly targeting union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 mil…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:17 PMCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Ch…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sprint to listen to Dish offer
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:46 PMOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is bett…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kirk undecided on Pritzker appointment for Commerce Secretary
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 12:10 AMWASHINGTON—Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker has Sen. Dick Durbin’s support to become Commerce Secretary, but Sen. Mark Kirk is on the fence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Peabody to allow Patriot to probe its financial advisers
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:15 PMBankrupt Patriot is investigating the possibility of recovering money from Peabody and other parties involved in Patriot's creation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - JPMorgan's Dimon faces shareholder referendum
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:20 AMJamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in early trading
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 09:50 AMThe DJIA was up 54 points at 15,390 shortly after the opening bell Tuesday, a gain of 0.4 percent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 06:47 AMATLANTA • Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery.
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