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A bad European week for Chancellor Angela Merkel looks likely to end with more electoral woes _ this time, the likely re-election of a center-left government in Germany’s most populous state, which Merkel has sought to portray as irresponsibly addicted to debt.
But despite the prospect of an embarrassing loss for her conservatives, Merkel still looks […]

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Enterprise Financial Corp. said its first-quarter profit rose 50 percent, to $6.2 million, or 31 cents per share, compared with $4.1 million, or 23 cents per share, in the corresponding period of 2011. Clayton-based Enterprise Financial, the holding company for Enterprise Bank & Trust, said non-performing loans totaled $47 no fax payday loans.2 million, or […]

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Tired of waits to fill orders and lack of control over his Asian factories, Pierrick Haan, chief executive officer of Dupont Medical, decided last year to return production of some wheelchairs and medical equipment to France.
The 150-year-old Dupont Medical created 20 jobs making custom devices at a plant in central France — and will […]

McKendree University has acquired the 18-hole Locust Hills Golf Course in Lebanon for $1.4 million, nearly doubling the size of the school’s campus. 
McKendree bought the public golf course for its future development needs but plans to keep the course open for now, the school said in a statement. The golf course is located at 1015 […]

Isle of Capri Casinos’ board of directors have elected the gaming company’s Chief Executive Virginia McDowell to the board.
The election, which was effective on April 12, was the result of a decision to increase the board by one member.
McDowell took the helm of the Creve Coeur-based casino operator in April 2011 free business cards.
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U.S. wholesale businesses stepped up restocking in February, while more expensive gasoline drove sales higher.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that stockpiles at the wholesale level rose a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent in February to $478.9 billion. The government also revised January wholesale inventory growth to show a 0.6 percent increase, up from the initial reading […]

The Federal Reserve took steps to encourage banks to turn more of their foreclosed homes into rental properties in new policy guidelines issued on Thursday that could help lessen the flood of distressed property sales that is depressing prices.
“Banking organizations should make good-faith efforts to dispose of foreclosed properties,” the Fed said in a […]

Stocks were mixed in midday trading, closing out a tumultuous week in which the Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest plunge in a month.
The Dow was down 3 points at 13,071 at midday Thursday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up less than a point at 1,399. The Nasdaq composite rose 10 points […]

Witnesses close to MF Global’s collapse will offer details Wednesday about customer money that vanished days before the firm failed. Their testimony could challenge statements by former CEO Jon Corzine.
A JPMorgan Chase executive will testify at a congressional hearing that the bank asked Corzine if an Oct. 28 transfer of $200 million from a customer […]