Published Thursday, May 8, 2008
Farmers get customers’ goats
McClatchy Newspapers
HILLSBORO - In a land of swine and steak, Tom Mueller sees another meat on the horizon.
FutureGen supporters retain hope
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Department of Energy unveiled its blueprint yesterday for spending up to $1.3 billion on multiple clean-coal power plants that would capture carbon emissions and permanently store them underground.
GM Wentzville plant to restart Monday
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Workers at the General Motors plant in the St. Louis-area town of Wentzville are going back to work starting Monday.
Bombardier incentives go to Blunt
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - A $240 million plan to entice a Canadian airplane maker to Kansas City soared through the General Assembly yesterday as politicians praised it as Missouri’s best-ever chance to land a supersize development deal.
New St. Louis casino shows a slight loss
ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis’ newest casino took a loss in its first full quarter of operation.
Pizza delivery business clicks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas’ pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers.
Consumer borrowing surges during March
WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer borrowing rose in March at the fastest pace in four months, more than double the increase of the previous month, in what was seen as a sign of rising economic stress.
Cautious consumers give discounters boost
NEW YORK (AP) - Consumers gave some of the nation’s retailers a little relief in April following months of dismal sales, but business was helped along by heavy discounting that could hurt fiscal first-quarter earnings.
Wireless deal could boost consumer power
NEW YORK (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. has finally rounded up the financial backing it needs to build a faster wireless network. But for consumers and the electronics industry, speed might be the least important thing about the new network.
Crude oil prices creep higher; stocks retreat
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street tumbled yesterday as the price of a barrel of oil soared to a record near $124 and touched off concerns that the stock market’s recent gains might have been premature as consumers grapple with rising energy and food costs. The major stock market indexes each lost more than 1.5 percent.
