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The unemployment rate in the Wichita area dropped 0.4 percent to 7.6 percent in December, according to new data from the Kansas Department of Labor.
The […]

Canwest Communications Inc. is hoping to fetch at least $1 billion to $1.5 billion for its national chain of big city daily newspapers, including the […]

Stocks ended a holiday-shortened session higher Thursday, with indexes climbing to new highs for the year after upbeat reports on the labor market and […]

How would you invest $10,000 in the coming year?
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As the U.S. economy pulls out of a recession and the biggest banks return to profitability, mounting defaults on commercial property may keep regional […]

Stocks zigzagged Thursday in cautious trading ahead of Friday’s big jobs report as investors considered the day’s economic news, Bank of America’s plan to […]

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a preliminary injunction and asset freeze in a case involving a Colorado company accused of participating in an alleged […]

Data for St. Louis MSA headquartered commercial banks as of September 30, 2009. Dollar figures are in thousands; ratios are in percent.
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President Obama, facing a 10.2% unemployment rate, said Thursday he would hold a jobs forum at the White House in December.
He noted the encouraging […]

Comcast Corp and General Electric Co are closer to a deal to give Comcast a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal and a formal […]