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BizBeat: Tan Club offers ‘premier, upscale’ salon
Monica Hoy hopes her new tanning salon, Tan Club, will offer Jefferson City a “premier, upscale” experience.
BizBeat: Some Like It Haute headed to Dunklin Street
Some Like It Haute hopes its customers will like the boutique’s new location in Jefferson City's Old Munichburg neighborhood.
Company seeks rights to names of iconic Grand Canyon lodges
To those who know and love the Grand Canyon, the names of its historic lodges are synonymous with the national park itself.
Fueled by oil, agriculture sector welcomes low diesel prices
The recent plunge in fuel prices has been a welcome relief across the agricultural sector, helping ease the pain of low grain prices for growers and boosting profits for cattle ranchers.
Settlements reached in so-called 'hot fuel' litigation
Twenty-eight oil companies and retailers have agreed to settle litigation claiming customers were knowingly overcharged when gas station fuel temperatures rose, plaintiffs announced Friday.
$2 gasoline: Good times keep rolling at the pump
At some point this will end, perhaps even soon.
US reports slight decline in union membership during 2014
Union membership in the U.S. is down slightly, making up just over 11 percent of the workforce last year.
Garden gnome fans fret: SkyMall files for bankruptcy
Apparently, airline passengers aren’t buying enough garden gnomes, superhero pajamas and heated cat shelters.
Anheuser-Busch buying Elysian Brewing
Anheuser-Busch is buying Seattle’s Elysian Brewing Co., expanding further its collection of craft brewers.
Got Battery? Lots of low battery hacks but no quick fix
Smartphone users are tired of begging to charge devices behind bars or hunting for hidden electrical outlets in airports and train stations. Where, oh where, is a better battery?
Stocks fall, snapping 4-day winning streak; UPS slumps
A batch of mixed earnings reports Friday helped push the stock market to its first day of losses this week.
Union Pacific railroad hauls in 22 percent more 4Q profit
Union Pacific finished last year with a strong 22 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit, but volatile energy prices are making it difficult to predict how 2015 will unfold.
ECB unleashes its most aggressive effort to revive economy
Europe’s ailing economy will get a major dose of stimulus from the European Central Bank — a bond buying program designed to make loans and exports cheaper so companies can hire and expand.
Stocks rally, euro falls after Europe unveils stimulus plan
A plan to revive Europe’s sagging economy rippled through the financial world on Thursday, setting off a rally in the stock market that wiped out its losses for the new year.
Auto dealers sue Revenue department over Tesla 'dealer' license
Osage Industries of Linn and 380 Missouri auto dealers sue over Revenue department's granting dealer license to electric car maker.
Microsoft shows off Windows 10 and ‘HoloLens’
Microsoft has taken the wraps off a new version of Windows — and a new wearable 3D gadget it calls the HoloLens.
S&P settles with SEC, 2 states over misconduct charges
Standard & Poor’s agreed on Wednesday to pay the U.S. government and two states more than $77 million to settle charges tied to its ratings of mortgage-backed securities.
EBay to cut 2,400 jobs, spin off or sell enterprise unit
EBay plans to cut 2,400 jobs, or 7 percent of its staff, in the first quarter to simplify its structure and boost profit ahead of a planned separation of its business.
American Express to cut more than 4,000 jobs
American Express said Wednesday it plans to cut more than 4,000 jobs this year, about 6 percent of its total workforce.
Melvin Gordon, CEO who built empire from Tootsie Rolls, dies
Melvin Gordon, who helped turn the enduring popularity of the humble Tootsie Roll into a candy empire, has died. He was 95.
