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The addition of 7,600 jobs in January notwithstanding, the Missouri unemployment rate remained at 9.6 percent in the first month of the year.
Displaced workers who have stopped applying for benefits, and therefore do not show up in the employment data base, account for a jobless rate that was unchanged from December.
Still, the numbers are generally […]

A Connecticut ambulance service that fired an employee for posting negative Facebook comments about her boss has settled with its former worker, resolving a case that was poised to test new legal ground in labor law.
In October, National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut over the firing […]

Somalia’s government decided on Thursday to cancel an agreement with a private security company linked to the founder of Blackwater Worldwide to train Somali forces to go after pirates and insurgents, a senior official said.
Deputy Security Minister Ibrahim Mohamed Yarow told The Associated Press that the Cabinet, meeting behind closed doors, ended the agreement with […]

World stock markets were ending the week in sluggish mode Friday following weakness on Wall Street and a disappointing U.S labor report.
Oil prices fell to near $91 a barrel as traders mulled whether demand in a slowly recovering U.S. economy will be enough to push crude above $100 soon. In currencies, the dollar was down […]

Canadians will be paying more for store bought coffee in the New Year, as a shrinking global supply and increasing demand continues to push up the price.
A recent spate of extreme weather in Colombia paired with a growing taste for higher quality beans and a diminished global stockpile could result in a 30 to 50 […]

Emirates airline is once again flying the double-decker Airbus A380 to New York after more than a yearlong hiatus.
The Dubai-based carrier relaunched service Monday with an 8:30 a.m. flight from the Persian Gulf city-state.
Emirates was the first airline to regularly fly the superjumbo to the U.S. in 2008. It halted service less than a year […]

The city of Phoenix has purchased 1,139 acres of land in its far northern stretch for $25.9 million from the Arizona State Land Department.
The land, located between Seventh and 24th streets between Dove Valley and Lone Mountain roads, and expands the city’s Sonoran Preserve to 6,688 acres. The purchase was made possible through the Phoenix […]

The Portland Timbers are expected on Tuesday to name John Spencer head coach for the team's inaugural season of Major League Soccer, according to a report in The Oregonian.
The Business Journal reported last December that Spencer was the leading candidate for the job.
The team starts MLS play next year.
Spencer, a 39-year-old native of Glasgow, Scotland, […]

McDonald’s smoothie sampling event July 22-24 has been called off due to unprecedented demand.
McDonald’s said it will review the possibility of rescheduling at a later date.
“The McCafé Real Fruit Smoothies are an absolute hit with our customers and we’re experiencing unprecedented demand for this delicious new choice on our menu,” said Neil Golden, Chief Marketing […]

The Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to purchase the shuttered Peterbilt Motors Co. site in Madison in order to replace operations on Nestor Street that suffered $10 million in flood damage. The 66-acre site includes a 400,000-square-foot plant.
Authority CEO Paul Ballard said Seattle-based Paccar, Peterbilt’s parent company, has requested $21 million for the property, but that […]