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Patrick Leinert
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Missouri Companies Take 10% of Top 50 in 2016 Fortune Best Companies List

Edward Jones, Burns & McDonnell, Veterans United Home Loans, World Wide Technology, and Build-a-Bear all made the list. Five Missouri companies were listed in the top 50 in the 2016 Fortune ... Read More

Global business information company to expand workforce in St. Louis, creating 20 new jobs

Thomson Reuters, a major multinational business information and media firm, will expand its presence in St. Louis by adding 20 high-paying jobs to its Creve Coeur campus, which is currently home ... Read More

Missouri Unemployment Drops 1% Since September; Now 0.6% Below National Average

Missouri continues to lower its unemployment through growth in key sectors.   Missouri’s unemployment rate for January fell to 4.3 percent, the lowest it’s been since June 2001 and 0.6 percent ... Read More

Missouri continues to invest in FinTech

Missouri-based companies SixThirty and Reinsurance Group of America are joining forces to further grow the region’s leadership in Financial Services and FinTech.   Read more in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and ... Read More

Lee’s Summit pump manufacturer JCI Industries Inc. pumps up space, jobs

JCI Industries Inc., a supplier of industrial pumps, motors and other equipment, has more than doubled its Lee’s Summit production facility and plans to add 31 new jobs over the next ... Read More

MasterCard’s new transaction app built in O’Fallon

MasterCard has added an in-app payment system to its digital wallet service, MasterPass. The new set of capabilities, built by developers working in MasterCard’s O’Fallon, Mo., Operations Center, was debuted at ... Read More

Missouri tech startup Bonfyre expects to double workforce size in 2016

Bonfyre Inc., the creator of a private social communication platform, announced plans to double its presence in St. Louis with the addition of 12 new high-paying jobs this year, bringing total ... Read More

Missouri-based companies continue to lead the world in AgTech

It seems every day we hear about another Missouri-based companies leading the AgTech industry.   Whether through the latest in animal health, big data and precision agriculture, seed development, or new ... Read More

Missouri cities named among top cities for women-owned businesses, tech

Kansas City and St. Louis both took home high rankings among women-owned businesses, while St. Louis was named as new tech center. Wallethub.com named Kansas City and St. Louis as top ... Read More

Online retailer Yogabed chooses Missouri for new distribution center

The Atlanta-based mattress retailer’s decision to open a new distribution and fulfillment center in Chesterfield Valley was largely influenced by Missouri’s strategic location. Yogabed expects to employ 10 to 20 workers ... Read More