Business News

Central Bancompany joins Commerce and UMB on Forbes list

Three Missouri banks cracked the top 25 on Forbes’ list of best banks for 2013. In addition to Commerce Bancshares (No. 9) and UMB Financial (No. 21), perennials on many best-bank ... Read More

Children’s Mercy gets $1M for genome center

Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics received a $1 million grant to help establish the world’s first genome center in a children’s hospital, the hospital said in a release on Monday. The ... Read More

Missouri Cities Rank High in Best-Performing Small Cities Index

Columbia ranked in the top 10 and St. Joseph in the top 30 in Milken Institute’s 2012 Best-Performing Cities index, which examines jobs, pay and the technology sector to determine which ... Read More

Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska health information exchanges successfully communicate

In what might be a first, three state health information organizations, namely Missouri Health Connection (MHC), the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) and the Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN), have connected ... Read More

Moonrise Hotel to power rooftop space using solar panels

Joe Edwards’ Moonrise Hotel along the Delmar Loop will soon have a new event space topped with a roof made of 107 solar panels. Microgrid Solar installed the glass solar panels ... Read More

More jobs for St. Louis IT workers

St. Louis IT professionals have seen a 13 percent pay increase in 2012 on average and can expect more well paying jobs in 2013, according to two reports out today. St. ... Read More

Netelligent, Datotel carry on local data center boom

In 2012, Netelligent moved its headquarters into a new 21,000-square-foot building, hired 24 new employees (bringing its total head count to 70) and booked record revenue of $33 million. Not bad ... Read More

Emerson unit to supply technology to Nevada solar project

Emerson Process Management, a business of St. Louis-based Emerson, has been awarded a contract to supply its Ovation technology for the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nev. Emerson’s technology ... Read More

Biotech jobs in St. Louis to be focus of special workshop

The biotech industry is expected to be one of the fastest growing employers in St. Louis in coming years, and St. Louis Community College wants its students to be part of ... Read More

Post Foods buys natural and organic cereal maker Attune Foods

Attune Foods, a San Francisco-based natural and organic cereals company, has been acquired by Post Foods. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Attune, which had $15 million in 2011 revenue, ... Read More