Peabody Energy Corp. said today that it has signed an agreement with Cambridge, Mass.-based GreatPoint Energy to develop plants that would convert coal to synthetic gas and hydrogen. The number of ... Read More
A government panel is now recommending that virtually all Americans get a flu shot each year, starting this fall. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had gradually been expanding its recommendation ... Read More
St. Louis has applied to become a test market for Google’s experimental ultra-fast fiber optic Internet service, and a PC World blogger thinks the Gateway to the West would be a ... Read More
A day after delivering a State of the Union address aimed at showing recession-weary Americans he understands their struggles, President Barack Obama intends to award $8 billion in stimulus funds to ... Read More
The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received a Pentagon order for more than 2,600 military trucks, in a deal worth more than $410 million. Oshkosh Defense said Monday the vehicles ... Read More
President Obama will use his visit to Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corp. in Kansas City on Thursday to highlight how the federal government is using stimulus grants to encourage more private ... Read More
President Obama announced today a proposal to establish a $33 billion tax credit to encourage small businesses to hire more workers and increase wages. The plan is one of several the ... Read More
Steelmaker Nucor Corp. has entered into an agreement with Japan-based steel products manufacturer Mitsui & Co. Ltd. to form a new company called NuMit LLC, Nucor said March 2. Under the ... Read More
Novus International Inc. said Tuesday it acquired several food and feed pigment and ingredient companies in Spain and Mexico for an undisclosed amount. The purchases increase the company’s size and reach ... Read More
Danish biotech company Novozymes will launch in the first quarter this year a new enzyme to produce transport fuel from agricultural waste, Chief Executive Steen Riisgaard told Reuters on Saturday. That ... Read More