Business news briefs
February 7, 2012
Here Weego again • The morning-after buzz on Anheuser-Busch InBev’s five Super Bowl spots was decidedly mixed. The brewery took a slightly different approach to […]
Post cereal spinoff set for Friday
February 3, 2012
The St. Louis region is set to have its newest public company debut.
Post Holdings Inc., the branded cereal business unit of Ralcorp Holdings, will be spun off […]
Markets take breather ahead of US jobs data
February 2, 2012
Markets took a breather on Thursday, following solid gains in the previous session, as investors positioned themselves for crucial U.S. jobs data that often set […]
Lilly 4Q profit falls 27 pct, hurt by patent loss
January 31, 2012
Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co.’s net income tumbled 27 percent in the last quarter of 2011 as the loss of a key patent protecting its […]
Bernanke Makes Case for More Bond Buying - Bloomberg
January 26, 2012
Ben S. Bernanke laid the groundwork for a third round of large-scale asset purchases should unemployment remain higher than the Federal Reserve would like while […]
Japan announces first trade deficit since 1980
January 25, 2012
Japan marked its first trade deficit since 1980, a 2.49 trillion yen ($32 billion) shortfall for 2011 caused in part by last year’s tsunami and […]
Spanish Economy Is Poised to Shrink 1.5% This Year, Central Bank Forecasts - Bloomberg
January 23, 2012
Spain
Will Obama break even on jobs?
January 12, 2012
The job market is getting better, but it’s far from healed. Will President Obama be able to turn things around in time to save […]
Fed
January 6, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley called on the U.S. government to try new programs to revive the housing market while saying […]
Boeing to move 2,000 jobs from Wichita, Kan.
January 5, 2012
WICHITA, Kan. • Boeing Co., for decades the brand that helped support Wichita’s claim as the aviation capital of the world, announced Wednesday that it […]