PITTSBURGH — The United Steelworkers and Allegheny Technology Inc. have extended their current contract by a week to give union locals time to review and ratify a rework...
LOS ANGELES — In a move hailed by planned-parenting groups and opposed by some religious organizations, health insurance companies will be required to provide women free...
LONDON — British banking company HSBC said it will cut 30,000 jobs worldwide by 2013 and sell almost half its bank branches in the U.S. The bank, which reported a 3 perc...
SINGAPORE — Oil prices rose above $97 a barrel today in Asia after U.S. lawmakers struck a last-minute agreement to raise the debt limit, avoiding a default.
Oil prices ...
Closings affect rural America
ODD, W.Va. — For rural America, the post office is more than a convenient place to mail letters. It’s income in areas where jobs are scarce,...
Urban areas may be better
CHICAGO — Among the wildflowers and native grasses in the garden atop Chicago’s City Hall stand two beehives where more than 100,000 bees come a...
Pamela McCarrier is a new staff writer for the Butler Eagle.
She is in the Focus Department and will cover community news and the Moniteau School Board.
McCarrier, 23, w...
Baby boomers have big concerns
WASHINGTON — The golden years may lose some luster for many baby boomers worried about the financial pressures that come with age.
Many of ...
Economy still looking bleak
WASHINGTON — The economy likely grew in the first half of the year at the slowest pace since the recession ended, and the second half isn’t lo...
TOKYO — Mazda reported its third straight quarter of red ink today after vehicle production was hurt by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Automakers from Japan to the...
