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Drivers turn to phones for lowest gas prices
LOS ANGELES — With gas prices in record territory for this time of year, consumers are turning to their mobile devices and Web browsers to drive down costs. Several websites and mobile applicati...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Dara Taylor edits a questionnaire created at Community Catalyst in Boston on March 16, at her home in St. Louis. Taylor is a consultant for the non-profit organization. She lived in Boston and worked at the company for two years before returning to St. Louis in 2010 after she got engaged and the couple decided they wanted to live closer to family.

Workers become mobile, commutes get longer
ST. LOUIS — Every Tuesday morning, Teri Dobbins-Baxter starts her commute at 4 a.m. She leaves home in the south suburbs of Chicago and goes to Midway Airport, where she hops a flight to St. Lou...

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Jobs
Dean of art school— Master’s degree in Fine Arts with four years in a leadership capacity or related project area. Need entrepreneurial spirit with project management experience. Experience in hiri...

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Laura Lamb places a floral arrangements inside a delivery van Thursday outside of Rhew-Hendley Florist in Paducah. Lamb has been with Rhew-Hendley the past 12 years.

Feeling the heat of gas prices
Business owners have seen this movie before. Heading into summer gas prices heat up, as does talk of gas prices heating up. The latter may worry business owners more than the price at the pump. ...

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Eurozone countries build bigger ‘firewall’
LONDON — The 17 nations of the Eurozone agreed Friday to increase their bailout resources in an attempt to keep a lid on the debt crisis that has hobbled the region’s economy and raised doubts abou...

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Associated Press
The House Small Business Committee, led by chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo., has recently approved eight bills that are aimed at making it easier for small businesses to win contracts with the agencies throughout the federal government.

Small biz contracting leads committee agenda
WASHINGTON — It sounds like a gold mine for small businesses: The more than half a trillion dollars that the federal government pays companies each year for all kinds of equipment and services. But...

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Consumers hold onto rosy outlook in March
NEW YORK — Americans are holding onto a rosier view of the U.S. economy as they focus on the good in a flood of mixed economic news. Gas prices are up, but the stock market is, too. Home prices ...

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GE engine faulted for crash that killed nine
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon jury ruled Tuesday that a problem with an engine was responsible for the 2008 crash of a helicopter that killed nine firefighters during a wildfire in Northern California...

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Milestones in the price of gasoline
Milestones in the price of gasoline. Price is the nationwide average for a gallon of unleaded regular. Firsts n September 1979: First monthly average above $1. n May 19, 2004: Tops $2 fo...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
The MSC Fabiola arrives in San Francisco Bay as it's met by a San Francisco Bar pilot boat on March 21 in San Francisco. The 1,201-foot-long ship is the largest container ship to pay call to a port in North America.

A new era in shipping
LOS ANGELES — The largest cargo container ship to ever dock in the Americas made a fog-shrouded first voyage into the Port of Long Beach on Friday, sending a message to competitors that Southern Ca...

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