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A footbridge in Forest Park in Saint Louis, Missouri. At one time the River
(photo: European Community / Kitz)
Business conditions improve in Missouri
Business Journal
Economic indexes fall for Missouri, Kansas Missouri economy shows slight improvement Economic index falls for Missouri Wichita doctor makes 22nd trip to College World Series as a volunteer | The Missouri Business Conditions Index increased to 49.7 in June — its highest level since September &m...
Workers at the An Giang Seafood Import Export processing plant in Long Xuyen in Vietnam's Mekong Delta process catfish upon arrival Tuesday, July 9, 2002
(photo: AP / Richard Vogel)
Farmers say catfish are catfish
The News & Observer
| WASHINGTON -- It looks like catfish, it tastes like catfish, and it acts like catfish. | But to U.S. catfish farmers, the whiskered, bottom-feeding fish from Vietnam is something else: a cheap variety that's usurping the humble catfish's place on Americans' tables and threatening their livelihoods...
High, dry times as Prohibition era sobered Denver
Denver Post
| State Prohibition agents stand amid 89 confiscated moonshine stills, valued at $10,000 by law enforcement, in December 1920. (Denver Post file photo) | The colorful and long-running Smaldone crime syndicate ran the rackets in Denver and Colorado fo...
Oklahoma Business People
The Oklahoman
Comments 0 | →The Sisters of Mercy Health System names Judy Akins Mercy’s vice president of marketing. She will now divide her time between Oklahoma City and St. Louis. Akins previously served as the vice president of marketing and corpor...
Number of active oil rigs grows by 11
The Oklahoman
Comments 0 | HOUSTON — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 11 this week to 928, the third consecutive week for an uptick after months of declines. Featured Gallery | Of the rigs running nat...
International trade
Houston Chronicle
| WASHINGTON - It looks like catfish, it tastes like catfish, and it acts like catfish. | But to U.S. catfish farmers, the whiskered bottom-feeding fish from Vietnam is something else: a cheap variety that's usurping the humble catfish's place on Ame...
**FILE** The Greenbrier Hotel, a five-star resort in West Virginia, is shown in this Nov. 30, 1998 file photo. The posh Greenbrier resort that has housed presidents and royalty in West Virginia has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and signed a deal to sell itself to hotel giant Marriott International. The now four-star resort said Thursday, March 19, 2009, that its owner, Jacksonville, Fla.-based railroad company CSX Corp., would lend Marriott $50 million to operate the hotel for two years. (AP Photo/Jon C. Hancock, File)
AP / Jon C. Hancock, File
Scott brings health care reform opposition to Jacksonville
Business Journal
| Rick Scott told Duval County Republicans Thursday that he’s revving up his campaign to combat public support for Democrat-led health care reform on Capitol Hill. | Scott, w...
The Colorado Convention Center (CCC) is a multi-purpose meeting facility centrally located in downtown Denver, Colorado. Within blocks of the Colorado State Capitol, it is among the landmarks of Denver.
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Think tank ranks Colorado least attractive state for oil, gas investment
Business Journal
CarterEnergy adds Exxon, Mobil brands Exxon unveils electric, car-sharing fleet at Maryland Science Center ExxonMobil, TransCanada partner on Alaska pipeline | Oil and gas executiv...
US Dollar - 50 Dollars - Money - Currency
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Living with a high dollar
Canada Dot Com
| The world's auto companies didn't build factories here in Canada because they were being nice. Those companies did it because they figured they could make more money here than el...
Number of active oil rigs up by 11
Fresno Bee
| The Associated Press | HOUSTON -- The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 11 this week to 928, the third consecutive week for an uptick after months of declines. | Of the rigs running nationwide, 6...
Number of active oil rigs up by 11
Houston Chronicle
| HOUSTON - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 11 this week to 928, the third consecutive week for an uptick after months of declines. | Of the rigs running nationwide, 688 were exploring for na...
Number of active oil rigs up by 11
The Miami Herald
| HOUSTON -- The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 11 this week to 928, the third consecutive week for an uptick after months of declines. | Of the rigs running nationwide, 688 were exploring for n...
Economy
Workers at the An Giang Seafood Import Export processing plant in Long Xuyen in Vietnam's Mekong Delta process catfish upon arrival Tuesday, July 9, 2002
(photo: AP / Richard Vogel)
Farmers say catfish are catfish
The News & Observer
| WASHINGTON -- It looks like catfish, it tastes like catfish, and it acts like catfish. | But to U.S. catfish farmers, the whiskered, bottom-feeding fish from Vietnam is something else: a cheap variety that's usurping the humble catfish's place on Americans' tables and threatening their livelihoods. | So after years of arguing that the Vietnamese ...



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