Companies are advertising a lot more jobs, but not filling them.
Read More »Canada’s dollar falls on speculation U.S. economy pulling ahead
The loonie depreciated 0.4 percent to C$1.0345 per U.S. dollar. One loonie buys 96.67 U.S. cents.
Read More »Treasuries fall as report shows retail sales increase
The news adds to speculation the economy is strengthening enough for the Federal Reserve to reduce its bond-buying program.
Read More »Family gets review on cells leading to 74,000 studies
Descendants of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without consent and used in 74,000 medical studies since the 1950s, will have a say over how that genomic data will be used.
Read More »Americans giving up passports jump sixfold
Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship surged sixfold in the second quarter from a year earlier as the government prepares to introduce tougher asset-disclosure rules.
Read More »Missouri Bar loses two black governors
Of the 45-member current Board of Governors, just six are black.
Read More »SLU formally inaugurates School of Law’s new home
Dean Michael Wolff, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and University President Lawrence Biondi were among the dignitaries who spoke at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 100 N. Tucker St., in St. Louis.
Read More »Commentary: Mandatory minimums worked; now they must go
An offender’s punishment shouldn’t depend on their good or bad luck in the sentencing judge they draw.
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Read More »BP asks judge to deny investors’ class action spill suit bid
The investors claim the company lied about the size of the worst offshore spill in U.S. history and its ability to contain a deep-water blowout to prop up its share price.
Read More »AMR judge lets plan hearing proceed after merger suit
The Justice Department sued both airline companies Aug. 13 to prevent the transaction, which would create the world’s largest carrier, saying its anticompetitive effects would lead to higher airfares.
Read More »H&R Block settles ‘junk fax’ lawsuit for $95k
The company set up a $95,150 settlement fund to the 87 recipients of a fax offering to “help all you procrastinators!” sent in March and April 2010. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans the sending of unsolicited or “junk” faxes.
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