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President Barack Obama is on the road selling his jobs plan _ and his re-election hopes _ to plugged-in networkers in Silicon Valley and around the country.
He was to appear Monday at a town hall-style event hosted by the career-focused social networking site LinkedIn to pitch his nearly $450 billion jobs proposal as he travels […]

ST. LOUIS - The first international cargo flight from China landed at Lambert International Airport today.
The China cargo Boeing 777 landed at 3:50 p.m. Local leaders said they hoped it would be the first of many cargo flights from China at the airport.
Helping attract a cargo hub at Lambert is one of the issues being […]

While Southwest Airlines commercial jets picked up scores of passengers Wednesday at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, a single-engine Cessna taxied to gate E33 where a small group of passengers quietly waited for their flight to Burlington, Iowa.
The Burlington flight is one of a handful of departures offered by Air Choice One. Based in south St. […]

Asian stock markets took a beating Monday after U.S. companies stopped hiring in August, reviving fears that the world’s largest economy is heading back into recession.
Oil prices extended losses to below $86 a barrel as the dismal jobs report suggested that a weak U.S. economy will lessen demand for crude. The dollar was higher against […]

China’s environmental regulators say they plan to crack down on dumping and improper storage of hazardous materials, with special attention to heavy metals and electronic waste.
Ministry of Environmental Protection deputy director Zhang Lijun said in comments released Friday that the government also would halt reviews of any new industrial projects in Qujing, a city in […]

Fears that car buyers would stay away from dealerships in August never materialized.
Instead, Americans were lured by new models, cheaper financing and the need to replace aging cars. As a result, August sales rose 7.5 percent compared with the same month last year, according to Autodata Corp.
Most major automakers reported healthy sales increases in August, […]

ConocoPhillips says it has collected 99 percent of the offshore spills in China’s Bohai Bay and expects to meet a deadline to finish its cleanup by Tuesday.
China’s State Oceanic Administration, meanwhile, criticized the oil company’s handling of the spills which began in June and said it would work with those affected, reportedly including scallops growers […]

Cleveland has apparently grown weary of the rotting homes dotting its dying neighborhoods and decided to bring in the bulldozers – and send the tab to banks, NPR reported this morning.
It’s the first I’ve heard of what seems an increasingly reasonable, if extreme, response to our seemingly endless housing crisis: Cut our losses, share the pain – and move on. 
Cleveland has […]

President Barack Obama and his family are enjoying a vacation day at the beach on Martha’s Vineyard.
Obama, his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha were spending part of Sunday at a private beach in Edgartown, Mass.
It’s the first vacation outing by the Obamas since the family arrived on the island resort to begin a […]

World stocks sank Thursday after an uneven day on Wall Street added to pessimism about the global economic outlook and Japan announced that exports had fallen for the fifth straight month in July.
Oil prices slipped below $87 a barrel while the dollar was higher against the euro and the yen.
European shares opened lower after an […]