(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Post Holdings will spend $1.15 billion to bulk up its presence in the market for bagged and hot cereals by buying the privately held MOM Brands… Read more »
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Hard-hit worker wonders where the economic resurgence is
By Tamara Lush (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., AP) — Ask Joshua Thevenin — who since last month has been a newspaper salesman, fireworks vendor and tele-marketer — what he thinks about… Read more »
$8 million expansion dedicated at Silver Dollar City
(BRANSON, Mo., AP) — Silver Dollar City in Branson officially dedicated an $8 million expansion project that will include 10 new attractions. The ceremony on Wednesday celebrated the new Fireman’s… Read more »
Trib-Review CEO Ralph Martin resigns to lead Civitas Media
(PITTSBURGH, AP) — Ralph Martin, the chief executive of the company that publishes the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, has resigned to become CEO of Civitas Media. Martin told the Tribune-Review his expertise… Read more »
City participates in sales tax holiday
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The city will participate in the annual Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday this spring. The sales tax holiday exempts state sales tax from sales of new appliances… Read more »
Switzerland stuns markets by giving up on currency peg
(LONDON, AP) — Rarely has one statement prompted such a dramatic move in currency markets. The Swiss franc achieved a turbo-charged lift Thursday after the Swiss National Bank, or SNB,… Read more »
Ameren Missouri raises energy efficiency charges
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Some Ameren Missouri energy customers soon will pay a few dollars more a month for an energy efficiency incentive. The Missouri Public Service Commission on… Read more »
Congress moves toward easing bank, Wall Street rules
(WASHINGTON, AP) — More than six years after the financial crisis struck, the House is moving toward softening a post-crisis law that brought the strictest rules for banks and Wall… Read more »
Ohio State championship means free furniture for hundreds
(CINCINNATI, AP) — Ohio State’s national football championship means a big win totaling nearly $1.5 million for hundreds of furniture buyers in Ohio and Kentucky. Morris Furniture Co. Inc. in… Read more »
Crayola sorry after hackers make its Facebook page off-color
(EASTON, Pa., AP) — Crayola is apologizing after hackers filled its Facebook page with off-color content. The Forks Township, Pennsylvania-based crayon and marker manufacturer regained control of the page late… Read more »