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Holland Construction Services Inc., based in Swansea, was selected as the construction manager for a 73,000-square-foot building addition at Southwestern Illinois College’s Belleville campus.
The addition […]

Standard & Poor’s is warning it may downgrade the European bailout fund’s AAA long-term credit rating.
The move announced Tuesday follows S&P’s notice on Monday that […]

Eurozone ministers have agreed on measures to give their rescue fund more firepower on global markets in an attempt to ease the pressure on their […]

Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has […]

The Federal Government finally tabled the Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPP) Act, and I am predictably underwhelmed. The New Retirement Deal, it ain’t.
According to […]

The tech assault on Apple hits full battle mode this week, as Amazon starts selling iPad contender Kindle Fire and Google introduces its iTunes competitor […]

Asia-Pacific leaders gathered for their annual summit Sunday, aiming to fine-tune strategies to spur growth and create jobs after claiming progress on a U.S.-backed free […]

Property owners at the Lake of the Ozarks can breathe easier as the result of a decision today by federal regulators.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission […]

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is a divisive figure at home and abroad. His defeat was once a Cold War obsession for the U.S. He has […]

Asian stocks slumped for a third day Wednesday, as fears intensified that Greece might reject an austerity plan and default on its massive debts.
Japan’s Nikkei […]