Banana Republic is offering 30 percent off on its sales items now through Sunday.

And they are sticking another coupon in the shopping bag to get

A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower Thursday, and most Kansas City area companies felt the downdraft.

Virtually ever sector was down Thursday, from financials (UMB was down 2.87%; Waddell & Reed was off 3.47%, and Commerce Bancshares was down 2.14%) and software (Cerner was down 4.18%) to manufacturing (Harley-Davidson was down 5.06%) and transportations (Kansas City Southern was off 3.97%).

Harry's Country Club

The City has suspended the liquor licenses of Harry’s Country Club and the Brooksider Bar & Grill for two days.

Harry’s Country Club, at 112 Missouri Ave., and the Brooksider Bar & Grill, at 6330 Brookside Plaza, will start their suspensions at 9 a.m. Sunday and end them at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

By DAN MARGOLIES

The winning bid: $1,154,500.

That’s how much SolutionsBank offered Thursday for the house at 6315 Ward Parkway once inhabited by Richard Bloch of H&R Block fame and his family.

The bank, which was owed that amount by the home’s current owners, a partnership controlled by Michael J. and Sonja Tutera, was the sole bidder at the foreclosure sale on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse.

Fat Fish Blue in Ohio

Zona Rosa, Interstate 29 and Barry Road, will soon be home to two new entertainment offerings.

Studio Movie Grill, based in Dallas, will open a new upscale, eight-screen, “movie grill” concept.

Gene Meyer at Kitchentablenomics has more advice and tips on the "cash for clunkers" program.

Click here.

By DAN MARGOLIES
The Kansas City Star

FCStone Group Inc., a Kansas City-based commodities risk management company, is merging with International Assets Holding Corp., a financial services firm.

The all-stock deal, announced Thursday, calls for FCStone shareholders to receive .2950 shares of International Assets common stock for each share they own. Based on International Assets’ closing price Wednesday of $15.74, the deal values FCStone’s shares at $4.64 apiece, or a total of $130 million.

Jackie Buycks, left, and Joyce Brown, owners

Big Momma’s Bakery-Cafe has relocated from Raytown to Crown Center Shops.

Two of the sister/owners made the move -- Jackie Buycks and Joyce Brown -- still selling their giant cinnamon rolls and homemade dinner rolls, just some of the items that had customers lined up Thursday morning.

U.S. employers shaved 467,000 jobs from their payrolls in June, and the nation's unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' report this morning was worse than expected. Last month's job loss had been listed at 345,000.

Last month, the jobless share was 9.4 percent,so the possibly bright spot is that the increase was slight.

Read the report.

Warren Buffett's pitch

Multibillionaire Warren Buffett has the answer for the sleepless investor — stuff the money in the mattress.