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By now, the holiday presents have all been opened. If you were one of the lucky recipients of a gift card, however, the shopping season continues. In recent years, gift cards have grown rapidly in popularity, although their popularity did wane a bit this year.

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Suspicious investors who removed their money from Bernard Madoff’s care before he pulled the bottom out from under his scheme have probably been congratulating themselves for their wisdom. Even those who recouped their principal only to plunge it into the ...

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By Ed Mayuga That old saying, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” might have made sense in the past but in this economy nothing seems to be as it is. My question: Where are the tough going ...

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The office and industrial real estate markets in St. Charles County and other portions of the metropolitan area seem to be holding up as we enter 2009, according to a longtime broker here. Whereas most of the country is seeing ...

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For many out of work St. Charles County residents, the morning of New Year’s Eve wasn’t the time to prepare for an evening of champagne toasts and silly hats. It was just another day without a job. By 9:15 that ...

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    To say the real estate industry is in the doldrums, here and elsewhere, is to state the obvious. But when examined closely, there are reasons to be optimistic in 2009. First, while St. Charles County has seen home ...

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At one of the last meetings of the Kirkwood City Council before Christmas, Council Member Ignatius “Iggy” Yuan handed out a holiday gift to his colleagues – coffee mugs emblazoned with the motto “Life is good.” The message rings deeply ...

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St. Peters issues licenses The city of St. Peters issued licenses in November to the following businesses to operate inside the city: l DAK Enterprises LLC (change of owner), located at 668 Jungermann Road. Phone: 636-928-6116; l Reem Inc., located at 4500 ...

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It sounded like a great idea, starting the first Missouri-based Internet matching service that would connect families in need of help with qualified nannies, babysitters, elder helpers, house sitters and pet sitters. In fact, everyone Debby Lenk spoke to about ...

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Even before local governments started feeling the pinch of the global economic downturn, the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County launched a “Shop Local!” campaign to help. The EDC is working with local governments, businesses and civic groups on ...

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Armed with temporary fixes and vague assurances, local pools have reopened or are staying open in face of new federal law intended to prevent drain suction from trapping children under water at public pools and spas. The Virginia Graeme Baker ...

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