Buffett’s Berkshire loses top S&P credit rating

Berkshire Hathaway has been stripped of its top-tier credit rating by Standard & Poor’s as the conglomerate run by Warren Buffett moves to complete […]

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Kansas City-area employers increase online job advertising in January

Kansas City-area employers are ramping up online advertising of job vacancies, posting 15,000 new ads in January, more than the prior month and significantly more […]

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Taxpayer Burden Eases to $8.2 Trillion as Obama Supplants Fed

Congress and the Obama administration are taking a bigger role in the rescue of the economy from the Federal Reserve, shifting the strategy to […]

China Can Boost Growth as It Cools Property, Merrill Says

Chinese policies announced yesterday to reduce property-price increases should aid economic growth because the government will boost the supply of homes rather than limit […]

Concordia Publishing wins Excellence award

Concordia Publishing House received a 2009 Missouri Quality Award from the Excellence in Missouri Foundation for its organizational performance, leadership, customer service and customer […]

EU business calls on WTO to speed up DOHA talks

European businesses, growing frustrated at slow progress in the World Trade Organization’s Doha round, called on Sunday for the WTO to tackle the negotiation […]

Blackstone shares have pre-earnings rally

Shares of private equity firm Blackstone Group rose 7.5 percent on Thursday, which options analysts attributed to expectation of positive earnings when the firm […]

Generics: A prescription for lower costs

Americans think about health care every time they open the plastic container of pills ordered by their doctor.
Annual spending on prescription drugs — more […]

Chrysler’s credibility challenge

An auto company high executive who shall remain unnamed chuckled when asked about the competitive prospects of Chrysler:
"What’s their market share, 7%? And what […]

Boomers face lots of pitfalls en route to retirement

Planning for retirement has never been as complicated — or as important — as it is now.
Last year’s financial meltdown was the second […]