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(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Court oversight of two financially troubled insurance companies has finally come to an end in Missouri. The state insurance department says receiverships have been closed… Read more »
Category: Business
Monsanto profit balloons on Latin American sales
(WASHINGTON, AP) — Agricultural products giant Monsanto reported Tuesday that its profit nearly tripled in the first fiscal quarter as sales of its biotech corn seeds expanded in Latin America…. Read more »
Oregon beer lover makes brew for dogs: Dawg Grog
(BEND, Ore., AP) — An Oregon man who loves beer and loves his dog has concocted some hooch for the pooch. Daniel Keeton works at Bend’s Boneyard Brewery tasting room… Read more »
UCM procurement staff member receives certification
A University of Central Missouri staff member with the Department of Procurement and Materials Management recently earned a Certified Professional Public Buyer credential. Roderick M. Woolen was recently notified by… Read more »
Tiny Chevy Sonic helped with GM comeback
The Associated Press The Chevrolet Sonic has come out of nowhere to become the top-selling subcompact in America. Unlike General Motors’ previous small cars, the tiny Sonic handles and accelerates… Read more »
Pan-Arab Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore
By RYAN NAKASHIMA (LOS ANGELES, AP) — With its purchase of left-leaning Current TV, the Pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera has fulfilled a long-held quest to reach tens of millions of… Read more »
California newspaper defies trend to shrink costs
By ELLIOT SPAGAT (SANTA ANA, Calif., AP) — A major Southern California newspaper is defying conventional wisdom by spending heavily to expand in print. The Orange County Register is adding… Read more »
Creating some tattoo culture downtown
By MITCHELL BROWN (WARRENSBURG, Mo, digitalBURG) – There’s a new social club downtown, the Dublin Social Club, but don’t expect to find pints of Guinness or lectures on Celtic history…. Read more »
Little time left to head off longshoremen’s strike
By DAVID B. CARUSO and SCOTT MAYEROWITZ (NEW YORK, AP) — Shipments of products as varied as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels could sit idle at sea or get… Read more »
$1 billion deal major step in Toyota legal trouble
By GREG RISLING (LOS ANGELES, AP) — With a proposed payout of more than $1 billion, one major chapter of a nearly four-year legal saga that left Toyota Motor Corp…. Read more »
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