For decades, the Mississippi River has been a key passageway for barges and other vessels that move millions of tons of coal and petroleum to help power the nation’s economy. These ... Read More
Midwest Research Institute won a $1.6 million federal contract to study a virus that could be used as a biological weapon. Mor. ... Read More
Electric utility Exelon Corp. said it will buy Deere & Co.’s wind power business for about $860 million, expanding its portfolio of carbon-free electricity generation. Chicago-based Exelon, the largest U.S. nuclear ... Read More
Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday that it is on pace to bring about 1,975 jobs in-house by 2012, including more than 200 jobs at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, ... Read More
Driving from Kansas City to Joplin, Mo., down U.S. Highway 71 is going to get much faster. More ... Read More
Missouri ranks 10th in the just-released Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States for 2010. Brent Pollina, Vice President of Park Ridge, Illinois-based Pollina Corporate Real Estate and author of this year’s ... Read More
Esco Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it acquired Crissair Inc., a maker of hydraulic, fuel and pneumatic system components for the aerospace industry, for an undisclosed sum.Read More… ... Read More
The state of Missouri awarded online travel firm Expedia an incentive package worth more than $7.3 million to help cement the Bellevue, Wash.-based company’s planned expansion in Springfield, Mo., and the ... Read More
Phycal LLC, which has an algae biotechnology laboratory at the BioResearch and Development Growth Park (BRDG) at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has won a $24.2 million federal research grant. ... Read More
Unemployed Missourians will be able to get on-the-job training while still receiving their jobless benefits under a new program. Gov. Jay Nixon announced details of the Work Ready Missouri program on ... Read More