Group protests Wal-Mart expansion (Granite City Press-Record)
Granite City First, a group opposed to the expansion of the Wal-Mart shopping center on Illinois Route 3 into a Super Wal-Mart, is expected to deliver more than 2,500 letters to Granite City officials and speak in front of City Hall Thursday at 1 p.m,

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First Clover Leaf Financial Corp. to Acquire Partners Financial Holdings, Inc. (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., May 1, 2008 -- First Clover Leaf Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, First Clover Leaf Bank, FSB, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Partners Financial Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary, Partners Bank, by merger of Partners into First Clover Leaf.

CoStar's Retail News Roundup: Apr. 27 to May 3, 2008 (CoStar Group)
This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at Dunkin' Donuts, Church's Chicken, Sunflower Farmers Market and Aldi; new retail developments in NY, TX, AL, FL, and NJ; acquisition, merger, loan or sale activity at Regency...

Hillary Clinton's 'Republican' tactics backfire in battle for Pennsylvania (Times Online)
WITH days to turn around her presidential campaign or face defeat, Hillary Clinton swung through Pennsylvania last week on a crash tour to squeeze every last vote out of the state after being outshone, outspent and outmanoeuvred by Barack Obama in a bloody campaign.