Aging workers find help locating new jobs (The Springfield News-Leader)

When Ann Fahr, 59, was looking for a job this summer, she felt dated. "It's different than it was when we looked for jobs when we were younger. A lot of it is done online and a lot of seniors don't know how to do it online," Fahr says.

Economy to dominate ’09 Missouri General Assembly session (BizJournals)

Economic issues will take a front seat during this year’s General Assembly session as Missouri lawmakers grapple with a projected $342 million budget shortfall and ways to fuel job growth amid a recession.

Growth companies recognized, but recession impacts jobs (The Joplin Globe)

In the midst of a national “recession,” Duane Hukill’s Joplin business is booming. Hukill’s business, Joplin Floor Designs, in a recent study was named one of Missouri’s “Cheetah Firms’’ by the Department of Economic Development (DED) for its growth over the past five years.

The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: Curbing Decline in 2009 Economy NewsLadder (HuffingtonPost)

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium MediaWire blogger In 2008, we witnessed the first serious fallout from deep structural flaws in the relationship between the nation's...

Wall Street, Main Street collide (Suburban Journals)

The nation's economic woes landed in St. Charles County in 2008 in a more dramatic fashion than many businesses and local leaders imagined.