U.S. businesses added jobs at a steady pace last month, with construction and manufacturing showing solid gains, a private survey found.
Read More »FDA issues warning letters to powdered caffeine distributors
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to five distributors of pure powdered caffeine, saying the products put consumers at risk.
Read More »General Mills sets ambitious goal for greenhouse gas cuts
General Mills has set an ambitious goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2025 — not just within its own operations but from farm to fork to landfill.
Read More »Fed Vice Chair Fischer keeps open possibility of Sept. hike
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer left the door open Saturday for a Fed rate increase in September, saying the factors that have kept inflation below the central bank's target level have likely begun to fade.
Read More »SBA opens local centers for disaster loan applicants
The Small Business Administration says business owners affected by the summer’s severe storms and flooding will have access to low-interest federal disaster loans through. Through Thursday, Sept. 10, SBA representatives will be available to meet with and answer questions for ...
Read More »US household wealth reaches new high of nearly $85 trillion
The Federal Reserve said Thursday that the value of Americans' stock holdings, real estate and other assets rose to $84.9 trillion from $83.3 trillion in the final three months of last year.
Read More »Bankrupt Patriot Coal picks Blackhawk Mining as lead bidder
Blackhawk Mining LLC is offering to buy most of bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp.'s assets.
Read More »Judge favors widow in dispute over real estate magnate’s will
A St. Louis County judge upheld a version of real estate magnate Robert Kaplan’s trust that left tens of millions of dollars in assets to his widow.
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Read More »Health law bumps up tax refunds for some; others take hit
As the April 15 tax deadline nears, people who got help paying for health insurance under President Barack Obama's law are seeing the direct effect on their refunds — hundreds of dollars, for better or worse.
Read More »Why businesses are speaking out on religious-objections laws
A bevy of big-name businesses including Apple, Gap and Levi Strauss are publicly speaking out against religious-objections legislation in states such as Indiana and Arkansas.
Read More »Pharmacist group says members shouldn’t aid in executions
In a move that could heighten the hurdles faced by states attempting to execute prisoners, a leading association for U.S. pharmacists has officially discouraged its members from providing drugs for use in lethal injections.
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