Schreiber Foods, the Green Bay, Wis., based company that operates a plant in Carthage, announced Tuesday it would close its plant in north St. Louis this summer, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.
Company officials cited the high costs of raw material, transportation, labor, and benefits. Approximately 220 workers will lose their jobs.
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Infinity Broadcasting announced today it would begin streaming Internet broadcasts of 11 of its top newstalk stations including KMOX in St. Louis and WBBM in Chicago beginning March 14.
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Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman of the U. S. Senate Commerce Committee, announced Tuesday he planned to bring cable television under the same indecency restrictions as broadcasters
"I think we can put restrictions on cable, and I intend to tell them that," Stevens said at the National Association of Broadcasters' annual state leadership conference, according to Broadcasting & Cable and the Multichannel News.