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document.write(' 						Stocks extended their rally Friday after a relatively encouraging report on the jobs market lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.  					');
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document.write(' 						Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan on Friday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.  					');
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document.write(' 						Plenty of people still can\'t find work across America.  					');
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document.write(' 						Canada\'s Goldcorp Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars (US$3.42 billion), trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corp.  					');
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document.write(' 						Time Warner Cable Inc. customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers of the company\'s Internet service, according to a long-term deal with The Wal 					');
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document.write(' 						Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai\'s police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks wit 					');
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document.write(' 						The Campbell Soup Co. reported a larger fourth-quarter net income Friday, a time when the temperature rises and its soup sales traditionally drop.  					');
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document.write(' 						Goldcorp Inc. said Friday that it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars ($3.42 billion) in a deal that would give it access to an Argentinian mining project sa 					');
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document.write(' 						Russia\'s Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics.  					');
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document.write(' 						Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the U.S. looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a g 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_33261a31-ddcb-5215-84f8-028d1ff9f104.html" title=" 						Swedish investment bank Carnegie AB Friday said it will buy competitor HQ Bank AB, which had its banking license revoked by the financial watchdog last week.  					..." target="_blank">Swedish bank Carnegie buys troubled competitor  </a><br />');
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document.write(' 						Swedish investment bank Carnegie AB Friday said it will buy competitor HQ Bank AB, which had its banking license revoked by the financial watchdog last week.  					');
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document.write(' 						Five people have been killed and 400 houses set ablaze in the latest wave of the forest fires plaguing Russia, the Emergencies Ministry said Friday.  					');
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document.write(' 						BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.  					');
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document.write(' 						World stock markets rose Friday ahead of a U.S. jobs report that could help determine whether the Federal Reserve opts to introduce fresh measures to get the world\'s largest economy going again.  					');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:34:08 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.  					');
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document.write(' 						Dairy farmer Anthony Marco was compressing a long row of chopped hay beneath his tractor two weeks ago, preparing it as winter feed for his cows, when the 4-ton machine suddenly toppled over as he dro 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_acd7239c-5990-5b04-b3d2-97a7519f337a.html" title=" 						The reclusive New Zealand billionaire buying the U.S. maker of Hefty brand trash bags to create the world\'s second-biggest packaging business started out as a tow truck driver and bounced back from th 					..." target="_blank">NZ tycoon unwraps packaging ambitions with US deal  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:50:15 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The reclusive New Zealand billionaire buying the U.S. maker of Hefty brand trash bags to create the world\'s second-biggest packaging business started out as a tow truck driver and bounced back from th 					');
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document.write(' 						SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ? State Sen. Dave Luechtefeld was in session in Springfield earlier this year when he got a call from his secretary back in his district office.  					');
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document.write(' 						Ron Fromm is more accustomed to overseeing his company\'s shoe operations in China than hanging out backstage at Black Eyed Peas concerts.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_c7fc4aee-1ad4-5abd-bab1-902925a68063.html" title=" 						A Pace Properties executive predicted in May that his company\'s Manchester Highlands shopping center would sell for between $45 million and $50 million. He was right.  					..." target="_blank">Manchester Highlands sells for $48.5 million  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						A Pace Properties executive predicted in May that his company\'s Manchester Highlands shopping center would sell for between $45 million and $50 million. He was right.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_a58025a7-87ee-5bc0-b078-cfea35a95b79.html" title=" 						CHESTERFIELD ? \"Build your business in Westerfield\" is Dan Hayes\' slogan since he and his partners in Spirit Valley Development LLC acquired land three years ago in far west Chesterfield Valley to b 					..." target="_blank">\'Westerfield\' geared for the end of the recession  </a><br />');
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document.write(' 						CHESTERFIELD ? \"Build your business in Westerfield\" is Dan Hayes\' slogan since he and his partners in Spirit Valley Development LLC acquired land three years ago in far west Chesterfield Valley to b 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_da164a01-1494-5ff2-9ce8-67f276e8cd91.html" title=" 						Building Information Modeling, or BIM, has long been used by architects and engineers to design buildings virtually. The technology is now turning up in construction-site trailers, where general contr 					..." target="_blank">How might contractors benefit from using Building Information Modeling?  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Building Information Modeling, or BIM, has long been used by architects and engineers to design buildings virtually. The technology is now turning up in construction-site trailers, where general contr 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_db07b3ba-3f1b-5537-af8b-8428c6b73f17.html" title=" 						Solon Gershman represented parties in these transactions:  					..." target="_blank">Commercial real estate notes  </a><br />');
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document.write(' 						Solon Gershman represented parties in these transactions:  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_ae5d3c88-ed85-5db9-accf-cc8bdc5a1d16.html" title=" 						Scottrade Inc. promoted Kim Wells to its chief marketing officer. She most recently served as Scottrade\'s director of branding and website marketing.  					..." target="_blank">Scottrade Inc. promoted Kim Wells to its chief marketing officer</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Scottrade Inc. promoted Kim Wells to its chief marketing officer. She most recently served as Scottrade\'s director of branding and website marketing.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_64f1812e-0a59-57bb-8d7f-50e5682ae6a2.html" title=" 						WEDNESDAY  					..." target="_blank">Business Calendar  </a><br />');
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document.write(' 						WEDNESDAY  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_ff01eafd-a78f-519b-8650-8f0922c911a2.html" title=" 						M&amp;I Wealth Management hired Thomas Thornton as a vice president and regional sales manager in its Clayton office.  					..." target="_blank">People in Business  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						M&amp;I Wealth Management hired Thomas Thornton as a vice president and regional sales manager in its Clayton office.  					');
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document.write(' 						AWARDS  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_5cbb8305-5c86-52f1-aa17-adbbd232b697.html" title=" 						Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial sys 					..." target="_blank">Bernanke says end too big to fail  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial sys 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_c9206951-4ec2-5c62-b41c-be48d73c4b7d.html" title=" 						The feeble economy exhibited a smidgen of strength Thursday, with mildly positive reports on jobs, store sales and housing.  					..." target="_blank">Economy ekes out a little good news  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The feeble economy exhibited a smidgen of strength Thursday, with mildly positive reports on jobs, store sales and housing.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/steve-giegerich/article_e4b2bda5-3f2c-57d6-8412-21dede37d886.html" title=" 						Dick Mantia\'s bonafides include the role he played nearly 40 years ago in unifying the area\'s disparate trade organizations under the single umbrella known as PRIDE of St. Louis.  					..." target="_blank">Labor laboring to celebrate Labor Day  </a><br />');
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document.write(' 						Dick Mantia\'s bonafides include the role he played nearly 40 years ago in unifying the area\'s disparate trade organizations under the single umbrella known as PRIDE of St. Louis.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_65a1868e-242f-5717-b020-eafaf11c0d40.html" title=" 						QUOTE OF THE WEEK  					..." target="_blank">Job Watch: St. Louis skills gap; Obama turns focus to jobs  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						QUOTE OF THE WEEK  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_716abe43-6770-5925-b1a3-a937ae27fbd0.html" title=" 						Car rental company Avis Budget Group said Thursday that it is raising the cash portion of its bid for Dollar Thrifty as it battles Hertz for the potential buyout.  					..." target="_blank">Avis ups Dollar Thrifty bid  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Car rental company Avis Budget Group said Thursday that it is raising the cash portion of its bid for Dollar Thrifty as it battles Hertz for the potential buyout.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/article_7a6de90b-21bd-5dcc-a133-a73057cb6b51.html" title=" 						Investors don\'t like negative surprises, and they especially hate to be surprised three times by the same problem.  					..." target="_blank">Roundup woes shake Monsanto investors\' confidence  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Investors don\'t like negative surprises, and they especially hate to be surprised three times by the same problem.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_b2153a0c-5fd5-551a-b5bd-1bba80438595.html" title=" 						Burger King Holdings Inc. agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital, a New York investment firm backed by Brazilian investors, for $3.3 billion in the biggest restaurant acquisition in at least a decade.  					..." target="_blank">Burger King agrees to be gobbled up by NY firm  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Burger King Holdings Inc. agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital, a New York investment firm backed by Brazilian investors, for $3.3 billion in the biggest restaurant acquisition in at least a decade.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_e7611a52-52de-5f22-84fc-f6f26789d7c6.html" title=" 						Americans remain nervous about their job security and the strength of the economy, according to a survey by SnagAJob.com.  					..." target="_blank">job security keeps workers worried  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Americans remain nervous about their job security and the strength of the economy, according to a survey by SnagAJob.com.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_78c3f364-b6e1-53b1-926a-d26de759333d.html" title=" 						Dell drops 3Par bid ? Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said Thursday that it won\'t match H-P\'s offer to pay $33 p 					..." target="_blank">Business digest  </a><br />');
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document.write(' 						Dell drops 3Par bid ? Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said Thursday that it won\'t match H-P\'s offer to pay $33 p 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_f0d44d4e-68a6-541f-a828-f15a1c1d7e86.html" title=" 						Ameren Corp. is forming a new transmission subsidiary to build high-voltage power lines across Missouri and Illinois.  					..." target="_blank">Maureen Borkowski sees electricity transmission development as critical  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Ameren Corp. is forming a new transmission subsidiary to build high-voltage power lines across Missouri and Illinois.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_ca6e0959-7c04-56a6-826a-170b323760a9.html" title=" 						This year\'s back-to-school season isn\'t as big a bust for retailers as they feared _ or as last year\'s _ but it\'s not great either.  					..." target="_blank">Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:42:40 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						This year\'s back-to-school season isn\'t as big a bust for retailers as they feared _ or as last year\'s _ but it\'s not great either.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_f645fe0a-16c9-5301-976a-5dfcc5c03e6a.html" title=" 						Dell Inc. doesn\'t have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.  					..." target="_blank">Dell\'s enterprise challenge remains after 3Par  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:48:44 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Dell Inc. doesn\'t have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_3c91f0c9-187b-5c6e-b508-8c1c07381592.html" title=" 						The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle.  					..." target="_blank">HP vs Dell: the showdown that ended in spectacle  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:46:40 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_493db5d5-93ce-550d-92e8-276607c4a99d.html" title=" 						The head of a major Canadian pension fund says a Chinese sovereign wealth fund is interested in making a joint-bid with a Canadian pension fund for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.  					..." target="_blank">Pension fund approached on Potash bid  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:36:03 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The head of a major Canadian pension fund says a Chinese sovereign wealth fund is interested in making a joint-bid with a Canadian pension fund for fertilizer-maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_87bc6383-bc77-50ac-a95a-1d79a55ee35e.html" title=" 						Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc.  					..." target="_blank">Dell cedes data-storage maker 3Par to HP  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:17:33 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_aa729a5a-b530-5fa9-ac49-ef2fa2138e8a.html" title=" 						Burger King\'s new ruler could help its empire expand.  					..." target="_blank">Burger King sets sights overseas after $3.26B sale  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:55:10 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Burger King\'s new ruler could help its empire expand.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_8ae68ab2-cb59-5e00-a06a-f89acd57f6e5.html" title=" 						Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.\'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.  					..." target="_blank">New AOL search deal with Google includes mobile  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:10:45 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.\'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_3961b81c-6aec-56fd-8858-f8f96c795ffa.html" title=" 						Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.  					..." target="_blank">Facebook\'s new security feature: remote logouts  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:04:02 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/savvy-consumer/article_b1761f76-b6cd-11df-8efb-0017a4a78c22.html" title=" 						Missouri regulators will investigate whether a growing number of consumer complaints about the state\'s local telephone services indicates system-wide deterioration, the Public Service Commission annou 					..." target="_blank">PSC to investigate causes for phone-service complaints</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:58:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Missouri regulators will investigate whether a growing number of consumer complaints about the state\'s local telephone services indicates system-wide deterioration, the Public Service Commission annou 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/article_a823ad24-b6c5-11df-af22-0017a4a78c22.html" title=" 						Leaders of Burger King\'s buyout are also the men who built A-B InBev 					..." target="_blank">How about a Bud with that Whopper?</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:59:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Leaders of Burger King\'s buyout are also the men who built A-B InBev 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_79049425-b7a4-577b-b6bd-6ebd7bd2d9a6.html" title=" 						India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications _ not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion _ to install servers in the country to make it easie 					..." target="_blank">Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:06 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications _ not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion _ to install servers in the country to make it easie 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_a1c0a824-ff05-5758-ba9a-eedbc5bc5267.html" title=" 						Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it\'s opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don\'t want to be tied down by long-ter 					..." target="_blank">Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:53:30 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it\'s opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don\'t want to be tied down by long-ter 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_12968cf3-bb90-5a68-a781-7a3ba9bd03ac.html" title=" 						Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial sys 					..." target="_blank">Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:50:33 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial sys 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_29c75bd9-321d-55c8-b638-169f783c5167.html" title=" 						Romania\'s unpopular government was in turmoil Thursday after the prime minister fired five Cabinet ministers, with the economy minister also saying he will quit.  					..." target="_blank">Romanian PM shakes up cabinet  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:33:53 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Romania\'s unpopular government was in turmoil Thursday after the prime minister fired five Cabinet ministers, with the economy minister also saying he will quit.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_db02275b-1e9a-5133-b58e-6b2da54940b4.html" title=" 						Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday he has extended Russia\'s ban on wheat exports until next year\'s harvest to ensure it has bounced back from a severe drought and wildfires that destr 					..." target="_blank">Russia extends ban on grain exports until 2011  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:28:09 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday he has extended Russia\'s ban on wheat exports until next year\'s harvest to ensure it has bounced back from a severe drought and wildfires that destr 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/world/article_3809b8f8-5151-53d0-b8a5-97caf38f55f2.html" title=" 						BlackBerry\'s Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said, adding that governments have legitimate se 					..." target="_blank">AP Interview: UN telecoms chief urges data sharing  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:40:32 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						BlackBerry\'s Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said, adding that governments have legitimate se 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_dc114e00-0462-5025-8151-33205aeab419.html" title=" 						American companies experienced the largest drop in workplace productivity this spring in nearly four years and a rise in labor costs, suggesting businesses may no longer be able to squeeze more work o 					..." target="_blank">Productivity falls while labor costs increase  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:21:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						American companies experienced the largest drop in workplace productivity this spring in nearly four years and a rise in labor costs, suggesting businesses may no longer be able to squeeze more work o 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_0729a933-3eb3-5c45-9a42-88c8fd3ed036.html" title=" 						Germany\'s central bank said Thursday that it will request the dismissal of a board member whose comments stereotyping Muslims and Jews drew outrage at home and abroad.  					..." target="_blank">Bundesbank seeking banker\'s removal over comments  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:35:17 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Germany\'s central bank said Thursday that it will request the dismissal of a board member whose comments stereotyping Muslims and Jews drew outrage at home and abroad.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/building-blocks/article_b67e8184-b6a5-11df-83fd-0017a4a78c22.html" title=" 						Sale price is $48.5 million 					..." target="_blank">Phoenix company buys part of Manchester Highlands</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:18:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Sale price is $48.5 million 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/job-watch/article_b1a6dd76-b553-11df-ac40-00127992bc8b.html" title=" 						St. Louis County Career Fair slated for Sept. 8 					..." target="_blank">St. Louis County Career Fair Sept. 8</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:15:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						St. Louis County Career Fair slated for Sept. 8 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_025ff6fd-bf5e-5d22-9e3d-05541f11891d.html" title=" 						Researchers say workers are paying a larger portion of health insurance costs as businesses, trying to ride out the economic downturn, shift more of the burden to their employees.  					..." target="_blank">Workers bear larger share of health premium costs  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:11:34 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Researchers say workers are paying a larger portion of health insurance costs as businesses, trying to ride out the economic downturn, shift more of the burden to their employees.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_69906162-4c2e-50c7-93d9-a3ebda70b221.html" title=" 						The European Central Bank raised its growth projections for the 16-nation eurozone on Thursday, but stressed that the outlook remains uncertain and said its effort to keep banks supplied with credit w 					..." target="_blank">ECB raises 2010, 2011 eurozone growth forecast  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:38:33 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The European Central Bank raised its growth projections for the 16-nation eurozone on Thursday, but stressed that the outlook remains uncertain and said its effort to keep banks supplied with credit w 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_f7f56b8c-f40e-5502-bc4f-1ce9ca328bb0.html" title=" 						Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the tenth time in 11 weeks, as investors worried about the economy.  					..." target="_blank">Mortgage rates hit decades-low of 4.32 percent  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:27:42 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the tenth time in 11 weeks, as investors worried about the economy.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_0269cd6f-10c2-5688-a6b2-6ccaf11acf33.html" title=" 						The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year\'s levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.  					..." target="_blank">Pending home sales rise 5.2 percent in July  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:19:21 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year\'s levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_60493928-84ac-5a07-bd7e-08617c357f39.html" title=" 						Orders to U.S. factories managed a slight gain in July as a surge in demand for commercial aircraft helped offset widespread weakness in other areas.  					..." target="_blank">Factory orders rise 0.1 percent in July  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:15:27 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Orders to U.S. factories managed a slight gain in July as a surge in demand for commercial aircraft helped offset widespread weakness in other areas.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_b5d755b5-c5d7-5a78-ae49-6922d5ad6670.html" title=" 						Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.\'s popular iPad.  					..." target="_blank">Samsung unveils iPad competitor Galaxy  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:10:57 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.\'s popular iPad.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_491dc3ee-b012-547e-bf0f-f797e499be7f.html" title=" 						German car exports kept growing in August as a healthier global economy fueled sales abroad, helping push up production, an industry group said Thursday.  					..." target="_blank">German car exports up 12 percent in August  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:26:21 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						German car exports kept growing in August as a healthier global economy fueled sales abroad, helping push up production, an industry group said Thursday.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_06c11d6d-8533-5950-b807-3f50a70130ac.html" title=" 						Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia\'s first minority  					..." target="_blank">Key Australian lawmaker backs Labor to govern  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:27:10 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia\'s first minority  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_c703d53e-a77f-5ff0-844a-f7169b455902.html" title=" 						Baby carrot farmers are launching a campaign that pitches the little, orange, crunchy snacks as daring, fun and naughty _ just like junk food.  					..." target="_blank">Oh snap! New baby carrot campaign mimics junk food  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:21:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Baby carrot farmers are launching a campaign that pitches the little, orange, crunchy snacks as daring, fun and naughty _ just like junk food.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_42eb4aa4-119d-587b-871e-afaeba248ba0.html" title=" 						Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique\'s capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and  					..." target="_blank">Gunfire continues in Mozambique; police say 4 dead  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:43:07 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique\'s capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four people died in clashes between police and  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_b181325d-7c88-5d01-98ad-4890d4c6765d.html" title=" 						Pernod Ricard SA said Thursday that demand for Martell cognac in China and Chivas Regal scotch in Latin America helped lift full-year net profit by 1 percent.  					..." target="_blank">Chinese demand helps lift Pernod Ricard profits  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:08:32 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Pernod Ricard SA said Thursday that demand for Martell cognac in China and Chivas Regal scotch in Latin America helped lift full-year net profit by 1 percent.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_c57d6a71-7782-5d61-aa3a-a390c3186459.html" title=" 						Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that revenue at stores open at least a year increased 7 percent in August, buoyed by higher gas prices and improved international revenue.  					..." target="_blank">Costco\'s key Aug. revenue figure rises 7 percent  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:35:35 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that revenue at stores open at least a year increased 7 percent in August, buoyed by higher gas prices and improved international revenue.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_cbb736f9-ef1b-593d-a2d2-58e819dc0385.html" title=" 						Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.  					..." target="_blank">Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:01:40 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_85767275-edfa-5e39-a164-1c95dff80859.html" title=" 						Russia\'s gas giant Gazprom said Thursday its net profit tripled to 324.9 billion rubles ($10.6 billion) in the first quarter of the year as the company capitalized on a cold winter in Europe.  					..." target="_blank">Gazprom\'s Q1 profits triple to $10.6 bln  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:35:55 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Russia\'s gas giant Gazprom said Thursday its net profit tripled to 324.9 billion rubles ($10.6 billion) in the first quarter of the year as the company capitalized on a cold winter in Europe.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_6470f0a4-2097-5495-8e0c-5124f465ebc7.html" title=" 						Delta is upbeat about its business in Japan as new routes and the surging yen boost travel and help along the recovery in the industry, a top executive said Thursday.  					..." target="_blank">Delta upbeat on Japan business amid strong yen  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:08:48 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Delta is upbeat about its business in Japan as new routes and the surging yen boost travel and help along the recovery in the industry, a top executive said Thursday.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_4e423bda-d52a-531e-913b-104771277f30.html" title=" 						Auto sales in China, the world\'s biggest car market, rebounded in August as subsidies for energy-efficient vehicles and a stronger currency spurred demand, while sales in the U.S. faltered.  					..." target="_blank">China auto sales rebound to grow 56 percent in Aug  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:38:09 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Auto sales in China, the world\'s biggest car market, rebounded in August as subsidies for energy-efficient vehicles and a stronger currency spurred demand, while sales in the U.S. faltered.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_2dfdaae4-b979-5fce-84c0-a119eb6716cc.html" title=" 						Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn\'t offer deals to lure them in.  					..." target="_blank">Auto sales dip back into red  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn\'t offer deals to lure them in.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_c7b61932-bf9b-596e-b9b6-5b46fddb8600.html" title=" 						Bankruptcy filings down in August ? U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings fell 8 percent to 127,028 in August from the previous month, the American Bankruptcy Institute reported. More U.S. consumers file 					..." target="_blank">Business digest  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Bankruptcy filings down in August ? U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings fell 8 percent to 127,028 in August from the previous month, the American Bankruptcy Institute reported. More U.S. consumers file 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_85395910-4aa1-59e8-bf2a-b8ac834e53f8.html" title=" 						A group of local developers has put in a bid to buy Fenton\'s empty Chrysler assembly site.  					..." target="_blank">Local developers make first \'legitimate\' bid for Chrysler plant  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						A group of local developers has put in a bid to buy Fenton\'s empty Chrysler assembly site.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_b0699219-2a56-5d03-bbf5-2671a7c8b65c.html" title=" 						AmerenUE is cutting ties with its past, shedding the most visible link to the 108 year-old Union Electric Co.  					..." target="_blank">AmerenUE to be renamed Ameren Missouri  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						AmerenUE is cutting ties with its past, shedding the most visible link to the 108 year-old Union Electric Co.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_0dff6924-314e-5bf3-bdbf-9517479f45a6.html" title=" 						The fear that has been hanging over markets for most of August lifted on Wednesday. For how long remains anyone\'s guess.  					..." target="_blank">Manufacturing numbers send market soaring  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The fear that has been hanging over markets for most of August lifted on Wednesday. For how long remains anyone\'s guess.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_4dc20d07-3a1f-52dd-8a5b-4a7de36c6bde.html" title=" 						The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to have interim rules governing genetically modified sugar beets in place by the end of the year after a judge revoked the government\'s approval of the plants  					..." target="_blank">USDA taking action after rejection of modified sugar beets  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to have interim rules governing genetically modified sugar beets in place by the end of the year after a judge revoked the government\'s approval of the plants  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_81100f9d-56bc-5b46-be76-549f3a1c9ce2.html" title=" 						China has failed to honor promises to the World Trade Organization to open its oil and phone markets, a European business group said Thursday, adding to complaints of worsening conditions for foreign  					..." target="_blank">Group: China failing to keep WTO access pledges  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:52:07 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						China has failed to honor promises to the World Trade Organization to open its oil and phone markets, a European business group said Thursday, adding to complaints of worsening conditions for foreign  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_9258d0d0-fe87-51b7-a645-d6a451ec4190.html" title=" 						Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire.  					..." target="_blank">Apple unveils new TV box for renting movies, shows  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:50:09 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/article_f0fc38dc-0f57-5bd8-9859-9447e9060f48.html" title=" 						Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday he hopes 33 miners trapped nearly a half-mile underground will be home by Christmas _ a lengthy rescue timeline that doesn\'t square with experts\' shor 					..." target="_blank">Government controls message on rescue timeline  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:23:51 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Wednesday he hopes 33 miners trapped nearly a half-mile underground will be home by Christmas _ a lengthy rescue timeline that doesn\'t square with experts\' shor 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_520c9f4b-eb68-52d4-ada4-a53b64fb8efe.html" title=" 						China wants people who buy new cell phone numbers to register their personal details, joining many European and Asian countries in curbing the anonymous use of mobile technology.  					..." target="_blank">China requires ID to buy mobile phone numbers  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:59:59 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						China wants people who buy new cell phone numbers to register their personal details, joining many European and Asian countries in curbing the anonymous use of mobile technology.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_3406846d-1627-59d5-99c6-1b473efd0f52.html" title=" 						Users of Apple Inc.\'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.  					..." target="_blank">Apple refreshes iTunes software, updates iPods  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:45:43 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Users of Apple Inc.\'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/building-blocks/article_487ca0ee-b628-11df-be43-00127992bc8b.html" title=" 						Five projects are still in the running for Missouri\'s 13th and final casino license, and now the race is officially on.  					..." target="_blank">Five file for final Missouri casino license</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:22:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Five projects are still in the running for Missouri\'s 13th and final casino license, and now the race is officially on.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_5ac5f566-30f3-5f58-aa35-06509d167782.html" title=" 						The former chief of Lehman Brothers told a panel investigating the financial crisis that the Wall Street firm could have been rescued, but regulators refused to help _ even though they later bailed ou 					..." target="_blank">Ex-Lehman CEO says regulators refused to save firm  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:31:23 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The former chief of Lehman Brothers told a panel investigating the financial crisis that the Wall Street firm could have been rescued, but regulators refused to help _ even though they later bailed ou 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_d0f20cdf-3478-5bcf-be5e-59eb63fad455.html" title=" 						Xerox Corp. has this message for you: For the last time, we\'re not just about making copies.  					..." target="_blank">Ad campaign will show off Xerox\'s service business  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:11:49 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Xerox Corp. has this message for you: For the last time, we\'re not just about making copies.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/building-blocks/article_44c87ffc-b61b-11df-b8e2-0017a4a78c22.html" title=" 						New report shows regional market remains soft 					..." target="_blank">Same old same old for St. Louis housing</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:46:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						New report shows regional market remains soft 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_44f76d13-4b30-50f3-9f56-7a7aba4af8f3.html" title=" 						Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter loss narrowed versus the prior-year period as the homebuilder booked fewer land-related write-downs. But signed contracts on new home 					..." target="_blank">Hovnanian trims loss for fiscal Q3  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:03:49 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter loss narrowed versus the prior-year period as the homebuilder booked fewer land-related write-downs. But signed contracts on new home 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_0d1b64fb-cdf9-5048-840f-6d3fc81d27b8.html" title=" 						Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn\'t offer deals to lure them in.  					..." target="_blank">Weak auto sales for August amid economic worries  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:21:21 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn\'t offer deals to lure them in.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/article_caa76406-b60e-11df-a663-0017a4a78c22.html" title=" 						Companies have a gap of $506 billion  					..." target="_blank">Pension funding hits a record low</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:59:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Companies have a gap of $506 billion  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_7e604bbd-f672-5a6d-a6e2-3eb8bfe19c45.html" title=" 						Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? 					..." target="_blank">Review: News app that lets you choose your editor  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:50:20 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_cf806890-dc62-5594-b7af-1c5185952ab0.html" title=" 						Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world\'s largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U. 					..." target="_blank">Greenpeace wants Facebook center off coal fuel  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:43:05 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world\'s largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U. 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/article_627419fa-b60a-11df-bf7c-0017a4a78c22.html" title=" 						Funds would be managed by business incubators 					..." target="_blank">Carnahan proposes federal investment in startup companies</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:29:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Funds would be managed by business incubators 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_08f17c74-eac1-5b93-91e1-ee633f776f3f.html" title=" 						The music monthly Paste magazine is shuttering its print publication after struggling financially for more than a year.  					..." target="_blank">Paste music magazine to stop print publication  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:17:48 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The music monthly Paste magazine is shuttering its print publication after struggling financially for more than a year.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_ecf6f5d9-0b2c-5a79-92f4-1e310048a054.html" title=" 						The unemployment rate rose in nearly half of the nation\'s 372 largest metro areas in July, as the pace of hiring slowed from earlier this year.  					..." target="_blank">July unemployment up in about half of US cities  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:10:38 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						The unemployment rate rose in nearly half of the nation\'s 372 largest metro areas in July, as the pace of hiring slowed from earlier this year.  					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_fb6d5fe4-0f49-53bb-9acc-c1f39c40df74.html" title=" 						A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overru 					..." target="_blank">Rape probe against WikiLeaks founder reopened  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:54:34 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overru 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/article_2dbf80df-3d97-5a50-80e3-1ec7d2e9d6a5.html" title=" 						Federal regulators are seeking public input on what rules should apply to wireless Internet access and specialized services that aren\'t part of the Internet but are delivered over wired broadband conn 					..." target="_blank">FCC seeks input on rules for online services  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:45:08 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Federal regulators are seeking public input on what rules should apply to wireless Internet access and specialized services that aren\'t part of the Internet but are delivered over wired broadband conn 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/national-and-international/article_2c57c56a-d131-5a6e-bbff-8a1665e991af.html" title=" 						More than a hundred thousand people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that appeared to be publicly endorsed by the country 					..." target="_blank">Ponzi scheme shakes West African nation of Benin  </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:06:42 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						More than a hundred thousand people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that appeared to be publicly endorsed by the country 					');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_aad720ca-b5ec-11df-a0b3-0017a4a78c22.html" title=" 						Dave Bundy has been named publisher of the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis.  					..." target="_blank">Dave Bundy named publisher of Suburban Journals</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:14:00 -0500</span><br />');
document.write(' 						Dave Bundy has been named publisher of the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis.  					');
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