Ad sales, lower costs lift News Corp.’s 2Q profit

News Corp.’s earnings in the last three months of the year surpassed analysts’ forecasts with better-than-expected advertising revenue growth at its cable TV channels like […]

Arch Coal finds a passage to Asia

Arch Coal Inc. on Tuesday announced an agreement with the operator of a British Columbia shipping terminal that will enable the miner to export 2 […]

Food costs will take a bigger bite

ST. LOUIS

Businesses ready to start hiring

Businesses are putting aside anxiety over sales growth and plan to hire more staff this year, according to a quarterly Bank of Canada survey released […]

American cars are back at last

As the auto industry heads to the 2011 Detroit Auto Show next week, the home team may finally have something to cheer about.
After decades […]

St. Louis may escape impact of debit card limits

If you have a checking account, give a cheer for cut-throat competition among banks here in St. Louis. It may save you from higher fees […]

EU leaders agree to align economies better

BRUSSELS

Bernanke warns inflation is too low

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Friday during a visit to Boston that inflation can be too low, a risk unseen in decades.
“There are clearly […]

Race for Mayor in D.C.: Taxes

Few elected leaders are willing to raise taxes in an election year, but the District is struggling with a recessionary economy. Where do the candidates […]

Taco Bell might be at center of salmonella outbreak

According to a report in The Oregonian newspaper, fast food restaurant Taco Bell has been implicated in an outbreak of two rare strains of salmonella […]