St. Louis-area boomtowns hit the brakes
January 6th, 2009
For much of the past two decades, St. Charles County has boomed.
With a surge of new homes and new residents from the Missouri […]
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For much of the past two decades, St. Charles County has boomed.
With a surge of new homes and new residents from the Missouri […]
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Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to a record low for the second week, causing refinancing applications to surge to the highest level in […]
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The Canadian dollar surged today as sentiment toward the American dollar darkened with the U.S. Federal Reserve's gloomy announcement cutting its policy interest rate […]
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A Burlington company that arranged investments in the life insurance policies of sick and elderly Americans is running out of cash.
Christopher Halas, vice-president of Universal […]
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From St. Louis to St. Charles, developers are making a switch. As housing sales continue to shrivel and prices slip, nimble builders are luring […]
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Chrysler LLC is rapidly burning through cash and being driven to prepare for a possible break-up if it can’t clinch a merger with General […]
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The European Commission forecast Monday that the economy in the 15 countries that use the euro will barely grow next year, expanding just 0.1% […]
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Judging from a leaked ad for day-after-Thanksgiving sales, major stores will tempt shoppers - whose help is desperately needed to bolster the economy - […]
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Alton Pointe Apartments opened several months ago on the former site of Sullivan Homes, a 1950s-era public housing complex that was decried in its […]
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The world’s economic powers faced huge pressure on Friday to contain the financial crisis as panic selling swept through European and Asian markets amid […]
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