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Lodge construction advances at Lake
Dozens of jobs created by development at Kinderhook
With a grand opening date in early 2015, The Lodge at Old Kinderhook construction has progressed significantly since breaking ground late last year.
BizBeat: Rent One opens in Jefferson City
Rent One, 2525 Missouri Blvd., carries a variety of products available for cash sale, 120 days same as cash, rental or rent-to-own.
Documents detail another delayed GM recall
General Motors waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ions for power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,000 warranty repair claims, according to government documents released Saturday.
Ride-sharing service hits pushback in St. Louis
A ride-sharing service has started service in St. Louis, ignoring a cease and desist order from the city's taxi commission.
Hearings set in Noranda complaint cases about Ameren
Missouri’s Public Service Commission has set the hearing schedules in two complaint cases filed Feb. 12 by Noranda Aluminum Inc. and a number of individual customers against Ameren Missouri, the state’s largest electricity provider.
Chobani to expand beyond top-selling Greek yogurt
Chobani plans to expand beyond its Greek yogurt cups this summer as it faces intensifying competition in the fast growing category.
USDA orders farms to report pig virus infections
Farms stricken with a deadly pig virus must report outbreaks as part of a new program to help monitor and possibly control the spread of the disease, the federal government announced Friday.
5 features an Amazon phone might offer
A report this week in The Wall Street Journal that Amazon is planning to release a smartphone has prompted industry analysts and technology blogs to muse about what the device might offer.
Business events scheduled for the coming week
Here are business events scheduled for April 21-25, 2014.
Pepsi franchise to open center in Cape Girardeau
A Pepsi franchise is planning to build a new customer service center in Cape Girardeau that could create 74 jobs.
Providence, RI sues firms over stock trades
Providence, R.I. is suing dozens of Wall Street banks and other financial companies over high-frequency trading.
US delays review of Keystone XL pipeline
The Obama administration is extending indefinitely the amount of time federal agencies have to review the Keystone XL pipeline, the State Department said Friday, likely punting the decision over the controversial oil pipeline past the midterm elections.
Unemployment rates fall in 21 US states last month
More than two-thirds of the states reported job gains in March, as hiring has improved for much of the country during what has been a sluggish but sustained 4 1/2-year recovery.
Largest US solar farm on Superfund site now producing
The nation's largest solar farm built atop a federal Superfund site is now generating power on a tract of land in Indianapolis tainted by a long-shuttered plant's wood-treating operations.
Recalls this week: lanterns, exercise devices, gun storage
Candle lanterns that can melt and pose a fire hazard and gun storage boxes that can unlock when dropped are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include faulty exercise devices and steel-toed boots.
Iowa officials announce plan for Microsoft data center
Microsoft will begin construction on a new data center in West Des Moines, state and local officials announced Friday, bringing the company's total investment in Iowa to nearly $2 billion, the largest in the state to date.
Plane spotted in Iran is registered to Utah bank
An airplane that mysteriously ended up in Iran is registered to a Utah bank under an arrangement that has prompted recent warnings from a government watchdog.
Judge says American can't end retiree benefits yet
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by American Airlines to quickly cut off benefits for many of its retirees.
Tiny power plants hold promise for nuclear energy
Small underground nuclear power plants that could be cheaper to build than their behemoth counterparts may herald the future for an energy industry under intense scrutiny since the Fukushima disaster, the incoming head of the Nuclear Energy Agency told The Associated Press.
Judge won't order recalled GM cars to be parked
A Texas federal judge has denied an emergency motion that would have forced General Motors to tell owners of more than 2 million recalled cars to stop driving them until the ignition switches are replaced.
