St. Louis Community College is opening its new Center for Workforce Innovation on Monday, adjacent to the college’s Florissant Valley campus. The 32,000-square-foot center, at 3344 Pershall Road in Ferguson, will ... Read More
The positive side of wind — as a job creator for Joplin area companies — took center stage Wednesday when U.S. Rep. Billy Long toured Able Manufacturing and Assembly to learn ... Read More
Hugh Gilmore "There are cost advantages to working out of Missouri. Corporate taxes, fuel taxes and property taxes are very low in the state. Utility costs among the lowest in the country." ... Read More
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced a $685 million agreement Tuesday to begin construction on the next phase of high-speed rail between Chicago and St. Louis, the St. Louis Business Journal reports. Construction will begin April 5 of a new rail track using concrete ties between Dwight and Lincoln, as well as between Alton and the Mississippi River, along with the installation of a modernized signal system between Dwight and Alton. ... Read More
The Washington Monthly’s “2011 College Rankings” was recently released, evaluating the nation’s colleges and universities in four categories – national universities, liberal arts colleges, Master’s universities and Baccalaureate colleges. The schools ... Read More
According to Fortune Magazine, two Missouri companies are among the 100 fastest growing: O’Reilly Automotive and Insituform Technologies. O’Reilly, headquartered in Springfield, ranked 51st, while Insituform, based in Chesterfield, ranked 62nd. ... Read More
The St. Louis region has been struggling for years to grow more high-tech companies. On Tuesday, it got a truckload of fertilizer. During a visit to the Center for Emerging Technologies, ... Read More
Broadcom Corp., the maker of wireless computer chips, has agreed to buy NetLogic Microsystems Inc. for $50 a share or about $3.7 billion, Reuters reports. The price is a 57 percent premium over NetLogic's Friday close of $31.91 a share. ... Read More
The announcement that Google Inc. will bring its ultra high-speed Internet service to Kansas City, Kan., helps rather than harms Missouri efforts to bring data center projects to the Show-Me state. ... Read More
Ten Missouri colleges and universities were ranked among the best overall in the United States in US News and World Report’s latest rankings of the Best Colleges. Washington University, ranked 14th, ... Read More