St. Louis, now more than 2.8 million residents strong, earned its reputation as a central Midwestern hub on the Mississippi River in Mark Twain’s river stories. It continues to be a ... Read More
The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced today that a Springfield call center has been approved for state tax credits under the Enhanced Enterprise Zone program. Sunrise Communications, a call center ... Read More
Ascension Insurance Inc. has acquired Atlanta-based Modern Services Insurance Agency Inc., the company announced Thursday. The acquisition, which closed last week for an undisclosed amount, is the seventh since 2010 for ... Read More
Call it good timing, in a perverse kind of way. A team of University of Missouri researchers has won a $5.4 million grant to study alternative biofuels that do not impact ... Read More
The Newberry Group Inc., a St. Charles IT services and security firm, recently acquired cmdLabs LLC, a Baltimore-based digital forensics and incident response company, for an undisclosed sum. More ... Read More
The National Cancer Institute has awarded MRIGlobal a five-year, $3.8 million contract to analyze potential drugs in the fight against cancer. Kansas City-based MRIGlobal announced the award Friday, saying this is ... Read More
The Missouri Department of Transportation has won top honors in the Mid America Regional “America’s Transportation Awards” competition for two projects that were completed ahead of schedule and under budget. Chief ... Read More
Washington University in St. Louis and a consortium of universities, laboratories and industry partners are in the process of launching the Solar Energy Research Institute in India and the United States ... Read More
Area Development magazine has ranked 365 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) to determine the “Leading Locations for 2012. The results show that even amid the recessionary gloom, there were blooms of prosperity, ... Read More
WireCo World Group lassoed an international manufacturer of synthetic ropes in a purchase valued at $177 million, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. Kansas City-based WireCo completed its purchase of Lankhorst ... Read More