Canada’s CGI Buys Logica
- May 31, 2012
Canadian information-technology services provider CGI agreed to buy embattled Anglo-Dutch rival Logica for £1.7 billion as it seeks to expand its global footprint. Read More… ... Read More
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SunEdison to install solar power plants in Indian villages
- May 31, 2012
Officials from SunEdison, a solar energy services provider and subsidiary of St. Peters-based MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR), said Wednesday that SunEdison will design, install and manage distributed-generation solar power ... Read More
U.S. News and World Report awards gold medals to 4 Missouri high schools
- May 25, 2012
U.S. News & World Report announced last week that four Missouri schools ranked among the best high schools in the nation based on academic proficiency standards and college preparation. The nationally ... Read More
Missouri home to 14 of America’s Best High Schools
- May 24, 2012
Fourteen Missouri schools were included in the Daily Beast’s list of America’s Best High Schools for 2012. The list is based on six components provided by school administrators: graduation rate (25 ... Read More
Ralcorp acquires Petri Baking Products
- May 23, 2012
Ralcorp Holdings Inc. officials said today that it has completed an acquisition of Petri Baking Products Inc., a producer of private-brand soft-style and crunchy cookies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Petri Baking Products is based in Silver Creek, N.Y., and it employs more than 240 people. St. Louis-based food company Ralcorp Holdings (NYSE: RAH), led by President and CEO Kevin Hunt, reported fiscal 2011 sales of $4.7 billion. ... Read More
Monsanto to buy Precision Planting in $250 million deal
- May 23, 2012
Monsanto Co. said today that it has agreed to buy Precision Planting Inc., a planting technology developer, in a deal worth up to $250 million. Tremont, Ill.-based Precision Planting develops software, ... Read More
Washington University receives $3 million to design cancer-killing viruses
- May 23, 2012
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a single virus equipped to find, image and ... Read More
Burns & McDonnell teams up on nuclear reactor effort
- May 22, 2012
Burns & McDonnell is helping pursue federal dollars to go toward building small nuclear reactors in Missouri, The Kansas City Star reports. The Kansas City engineering firm, which will help design ... Read More
Six Missouri Schools Named National Schools of Character
- May 16, 2012
The Character Education Partnership (CEP) has named 6 Missouri schools as 2012 National Schools of Character (NSOC): Ellisville Elementary, Trautwein Accelerated Elementary (St. Louis), Ross Elementary (St. Louis), Brentwood Middle School, ... Read More
Ten Missouri Companies Included in 2012 Fortune 500
- May 08, 2012
The top-ranked Missouri company, Express Scripts, fell five places to 60th, but should vault much higher next year when its acquisition of Medco Health Services will be included. ... Read More