SONY PICTURES: Movie studio is cutting 350 jobs

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., the movie studio subsidiary of the Japanese electronics maker, is laying off nearly 250 people and eliminating nearly 100 open […]

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 […]

New ‘chip’ credit cards stir security issues

Credit card issuers in Canada are moving to a new system for fighting fraud.
Each credit card will have an embedded computer chip that can store […]

More pain: Economy shrinks

The nation’s economy slammed into reverse in the third quarter and suffered its biggest decline in seven years, according to a government report Thursday.
The […]

Markets in a bungee jump

Mounting job losses. Nations trying to avoid defaulting on their debt. A possible global recession.
Despite massive intervention by governments to stem an international credit crunch […]

Nomura grabs Lehman Asia unit; Europe next

Japan’s Nomura Holdings (8604.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is to buy the Asian operations of Lehman Brothers after outbidding rivals on Monday and […]

Stifel, law firm consider moving to Ballpark Village

The developers of Ballpark Village are in advanced talks with two prospective major tenants about office space in the long-stalled $600 million project.
St. […]

Discount stores score big in August

Consumers nervous about the weak economy abandoned higher-end clothing store chains for discount retail giants such as Wal-Mart, Costco and BJ’s, which reaped back-to-school […]

News Corp. beats expectations

News Corp.’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 27% on profit from the sale of assets, as well as higher operating earnings in its film, cable […]

Yahoo puts Icahn on board, settling spat

Yahoo said Monday it will add Carl Icahn to its board as part of a deal reached with the activist investor over the online […]