http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss St. Louis Business Journal : breaking news from St. Louis http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily73.html?ana=from_rss About 39 percent of the eligible workers at Fenton&rsquo;s Chrysler plant decided to accept a buyout or early retirement offer from the automaker, company spokeswoman Mary Beth Halprin said Thursday. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:37:46 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily72.html?ana=from_rss YRC Worldwide Inc. wants to cut union employees&rsquo; wages by 10 percent and suspend cost-of-living adjustments and in exchange give employees a 15 percent ownership stake in the company. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:06 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily70.html?ana=from_rss As other local projects languish in the recession, backers of a $100 million plan to develop the Gateway Mall in downtown St. Louis have hired a leader to move the development forward after <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2007/02/12/focus3.html ">a year in limbo</a> . Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:45:38 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily69.html?ana=from_rss St. Luke&rsquo;s Hospital and RehabCare Group Inc. (NYSE:RHB) announced Thursday the opening of the $7.5 million St. Luke&rsquo;s Rehabilitation Hospital in west St. Louis County. (RHB) (RHB) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:10:43 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily68.html?ana=from_rss If GM were to close its plant in Wentzville, business at Maggie Malone&rsquo;s restaurant a mile away would drop 30 percent, forcing owner Barbara Black to lay off bartenders and cooks. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:36:51 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily67.html?ana=from_rss Bakers Footwear Group Inc.&rsquo;s same-store sales increased 3.6 percent in the four-week period ended Nov. 29, compared to a decrease of 3.7 percent a year ago. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:34:28 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily66.html?ana=from_rss Prudential Financial Inc. said Thursday that it will sell its minority stake in Wachovia Securities to Wells Fargo &amp; Co. (PRU) (WFC) (WB) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:04:28 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily65.html?ana=from_rss As part of a plan to cut $2.7 million in costs, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is closing a concourse, eliminating guard positions and leaving a dozen positions unfilled. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:00:58 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily64.html?ana=from_rss Monsanto Co. said Thursday that it received regulatory approval to import its Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans in the European Union. (MON) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:45:39 GMT St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/01/daily63.html?ana=from_rss American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and US Airways and all reported traffic declines last month. (AMR) (LUV) (LCC) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:44:27 GMT St. Louis Business Journal