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AT&T to hire 65 people for Joplin Call Center

AT&T announced today that it will hire 65 additional people for its Joplin Call Center by the end of the year, according to Katie Nagus, company spokesperson. The jobs are for ... Read More

Two St. Joseph Employers Adding Substantial Jobs

System and Services Technology, Inc. and USA 800, two prominent employers in St. Joseph, both recently announced substantial hiring sprees taking place at their respective companies. System and Services Technology, Inc. ... Read More

Missouri University of Science and Technology gets grant for solar education

Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive about $4.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to support innovative solar energy research and development. The funds will be used to ... Read More

MU wins training grant connected to modular reactors

While Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric continue to wait for a multimillion-dollar federal grant to develop a new nuclear reactor design, the University of Missouri just won some cash to start ... Read More

Sigma-Aldrich expanding St. Louis operations

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.’s custom manufacturing services unit is expanding manufacturing facilities in St. Louis and near Madison, Wis., to support drug makers in bringing new therapies to market. Company officials said Monday ... Read More

KC Council approves $1.6B in incentives for Cerner campus

The Kansas City Council approved a $1.635 billion tax incentive package that will assist Cerner Corp. in developing a massive new campus at the former Banister Mall area. The council voted ... Read More

Missouri has the seventh most favorable corporate tax structure in the nation

Gov. Jay Nixon today issued the following statement on the release of the Tax Foundation’s 2014 State Business Tax Climate Index, which found that Missouri has the 7th most favorable corporate ... Read More

State training resources help international animal health company train more than 400 employees

Gov. Jay Nixon today visited Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc., a global leader in the animal health industry headquartered in St. Joseph, to discuss how the state’s newly redesigned workforce development programs ... Read More

State training resources help Joplin company invest and compete globally, Gov. Nixon announces

Gov. Jay Nixon today visited CD Aviation Services in Joplin to discuss how the state’s newly redesigned workforce training programs will help this leading aviation repair and overhaul services firm provide ... Read More

Pharmaceutical research company plans to create 320 jobs at facility in St. Charles

Pharma Medica Research, Inc., a contract research organization serving the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, plans to make a $30.8 million capital investment and create 320 jobs at its first U.S. facility ... Read More