Six-week business course to start May 20

Martin inducted for second term

On Friday morning, there was a grown woman sitting in the northbound lane of Main Street barking like a dog. And meowing.

MESOPOTAMIA, Ohio — In a quiet gas-lit farmhouse, two girls in bonnets and long blue dresses wind tape around expired bottles of Newman's Own salad dressing and wipe dust off dented cans of vegetables and crumpled boxes of Butterfinger candy bars.

ST. LOUIS — Monsanto Co. is on track to double its gross profit by 2012, the agribusiness' chief financial officer said Tuesday.

NEW YORK — Wall Street reversed early losses to close higher Tuesday, as investors monitored the movements of record high oil prices but still laid bets that the economy and companies are in recovery mode.

The Small Business Development Center of Southeast Missouri State University will offer counseling sessions for small businesses and individuals planning business ventures next week in Perryville, Mo., Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, Mo.

Strand joins staff of Select Physical TherapySelect Physical Therapy, 240 S. Mount Auburn Road, announced the addition of Laura Strand, a licensed physical therapy assistant, to its staff.

In May of 1958, Dennis Underwood needed a job. At 19, he had a wife and had recently returned to Cape Girardeau from St. Louis, where he had worked at Clayton Motors selling Plymouths and DeSotos.He sought work at the Cadillac and Oldsmobile dealer. Sorry, no jobs, he was told.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy.