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Leading logistics firm to open office in St. Louis, create 95 new jobs, Gov. Nixon announces

Total Quality Logistics to invest $1.2 million to open office in Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that Total Quality Logistics, one of the largest freight brokerage firms in the nation, ... Read More

Kansas City gets a big IT job training grant

The Full Employment Council announced Thursday that it is one of three agencies nationally getting “coding bootcamp” funds to provide job training in information technology. Agencies in Kansas City, Minneapolis and ... Read More

Federal grant to help Danforth scientists find drought genes

The Danforth Plant Science Center announced Wednesday a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture to map the genes that control drought response in grasses used as ... Read More

FoodServiceWarehouse.com selects Kansas City to locate its newest distribution center

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that FoodServiceWarehouse.com (FSW), a leading e-commerce company focused on high-quality restaurant equipment and supplies, has selected Kansas City as the location for ... Read More

Two Missouri BBQ restaurants included on Zagat’s “hottest BBQ joints” list

Two Missouri BBQ restaurants were recently named on Zagat’s list of the top 15 great newcomers to the BBQ scene: Q39 in Kansas City was ranked No. 7 and Spare No ... Read More

IT consulting firm expands Kansas City headquarters, creating 96 new jobs

Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that ECCO Select, a Kansas City-based consulting firm, will invest more than $1 million to expand its headquarters, creating 96 new information technology jobs. The expansion ... Read More

Nine Missouri hospitals named “most wired” in the U.S.

Hospitals and Health Networks have named nine Missouri hospitals among the “most wired” health systems in the country. The annual list includes: Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City; Citizens Memorial Hospital ... Read More

Completion of Semo Port’s latest North Track project celebrated

Southeast Missouri Regional Port is on tracks to even greater success. A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Semo Port’s 2014 North Tracks was celebrated Tuesday at the Port. John ... Read More

Customer Direct Announces Significant Operations Expansion into Arnold

Chesterfield, Missouri-based Customer Direct (parent of Guest Directsm), North America’s leader in contact center services, today announced plans to open a second operations facility in Arnold, MO. Customer Direct’s bilingual agents ... Read More

St. Louis One of the Top 5 Cities Stealing Jobs from Wall Street

When we think about American finance, the default image is of a pinstriped banker on Wall Street. But increasingly financial services is shifting away from the traditional bastions of money. In ... Read More