Australian Business Confidence Rises From Record Low

Australian business confidence rose in December from a record low as a government stimulus package and the most aggressive interest-rate cuts since the last […]

Pfizer may buy Wyeth, report says

NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, may be seeking to buy rival Wyeth in a deal that could be valued at […]

RBS posts record U.K. loss

Royal Bank of Scotland said Monday it lost more than £20 billion ($30 billion) last year, the biggest loss in British corporate history, including […]

The ‘healthiest’ area of the economy is…

The stock market and overall economy, to put it mildly, are very sick. However, one sector is holding up a lot better than the […]

Machinists at GKN Aerospace in St. Louis reject offer

The Machinists union at GKN Aerospace in St. Louis rejected the company’s latest contract offer on Sunday.
Members of District 837 of the […]

Dell shifts manufacturing from Ireland to Poland

Dell (), the world’s No. 2 PC maker, is shifting its European manufacturing base from Ireland to Poland and cutting 1,900 of 3,000 jobs […]

St. Louis-area boomtowns hit the brakes

For much of the past two decades, St. Charles County has boomed.
With a surge of new homes and new residents from the Missouri […]