Local

• Brennan and Schwarz join Prairie Engineers

Visual Ink Productions
is the Chamber Business of the Week
 

 

National

Shutdown means no new beer from craft brewers

 

 

 

Starbucks promo prods lawmakers to 'come together'

 

 

• GM recalling pickup trucks to fix seats

• Toyota drops price on slow-selling plug-in Prius

• Lincoln takes on Lexus in new ads

• IMF: US debt default would shake global economy

• Budget clash intensifies amid hints of short truce

• Fed officials made 'close call' on bond buys

Yellen is Obama choice to succeed Bernanke at Fed

 

• Yellen would face tough challenges as Fed chair

• What you might not know about Obama choice for Fed

International

• Wal-Mart splits from India partner; retail on hold

• Ford chooses Lincoln dealers in China

• BMW sales rise 6.7 pct on Asian, US demand

Greek advisory body: Debt needs
to be written down

• German industrial production rises in August

• Large smelter in Montenegro is declared bankrupt

• Stocks end mostly higher on signs of compromise

• Short-term funds show stress as default looms

Disney stock certificates off to Never Never Land

 

 

• LDR Holding shares rise after IPO raises $75M

• QTS shares jump in initial trading

• Investors keep faith in US in crisis after crisis

• Jos. A. Bank offers $2.3B for Men's Wearhouse

Area Gas Prices
Regular Gasoline per Gallon

Lincoln
$3.34⁹-$3.39⁹

Bloomington
$3.32⁹-$3.99⁹