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Longtime St. Louis Business Journal reporter dies

May 15, 2012

ST. LOUIS • Funeral services are pending for Rick Desloge, who spent nearly three decades as a journalist with the St. Louis Business Journal.
The Business Journal says Desloge died Monday, about a year after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 63.
Desloge began at the Business Journal in 1984 and continued working until recently. […]

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China law confab canceled amid sensitive period

April 29, 2012

Organizers say Beijing has forced the cancellation of a conference on legal protection for private industry amid heightened sensitivity over the country’s biggest political scandal in years.
A leading Beijing lawyer said legal authorities in the capital called him Saturday to demand it be called off. The conference had been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in […]

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Spanish Bonds Slide as Draghi Panacea Found Wanting: Euro Credit - Bloomberg

April 14, 2012

Spanish and German government bonds are signaling the respite in the euro-region

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Aegion in Middle East joint venture

April 13, 2012

Aegion Corp. said Thursday that a subsidiary, United Pipeline Systems, had entered a joint venture with Special Technical Services LLC to provide pipeline-lining services in the Middle East.
United Pipeline owns 51 percent of the joint venture, Aegion said. The venture, established in Oman, will provide pipeline, piping and flow line high-density polyethylene lining services in […]

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Apple offers refund to iPad buyers in Australia over

March 29, 2012

MELBOURNE

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Spain Torments Draghi on Deficit as Banks Tap Loans: Euro Credit - Bloomberg

March 19, 2012

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy may be enjoying the European Central Bank

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Crop timetable upgraded

March 11, 2012

Monsanto Co. and Dow Chemical Co. will get speedier government reviews for some of their newest genetically modified crops under a plan to cut approval times in half, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
Monsanto soybeans that tolerate applications of the herbicide dicamba and a Dow soybean engineered to tolerate 2,4-D are among a dozen petitions […]

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China May Expand Property-Tax Trials Beyond Cities of Shanghai, Chongqing - Bloomberg

March 6, 2012

Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren said the nation may expand property-tax trials, as the government prolongs efforts to cool the real-estate market, make housing affordable and limit asset bubbles.
Taxes can guide housing demand, Xie said at a press briefing in Beijing today during the annual meeting of the National People

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Judge tosses suit against Monsanto

February 29, 2012

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. that sought to protect organic farmers from litigation if their fields were to become contaminated by genetically altered seed.
Federal judge Naomi Buchwald of the Southern District of New York ruled last week that the plaintiffs, which include more than 80 agricultural organizations […]

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Greece stuck in deep recession, data shows

February 14, 2012

ATHENS, GREECE

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