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The Department of Defense awarded a contract worth up to $11.7 billion to Boeing for support and maintenance of its C-17 aircraft to the U.S. military and global allies, the St. Louis Business Journal reports. Boeing's defense unit, which builds the C-17, is based in St. Louis. ... Read More
A city official said last week that when a project to install 12 acres’ worth of solar panels in Columbia is complete, the city could become a leading community in the ... Read More
Missouri’s report card doesn’t look too bad. The U.S. Department of Education’s State of the States in Education report shows 83 percent of high school students are graduating, well above the ... Read More
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co said it will acquire Harleysville Group for about $760 million to expand its reach in commercial insurance lines of business and add capacity on the U.S. East ... Read More
Alliant Techsystems Inc.has received a contract worth at least $58.7 million to provide the U.S. Army with ammunition. The contract was awarded to Alliant Techsystems’ Integrated Weapons Systems Division in Mesa, ... Read More
Missouri’s 13 community and technical colleges have received a $20 million federal grant to train as many as 4,600 people for careers in health care. Gov. Jay Nixon announced the MoHealthWINS ... Read More
AT&T Inc. announced this morning that it will spend more than $20 million on infrastructure upgrades at two facilities in Bridgeton. The company also said it has nearly completed the hiring of 64 additional technicians in the Bridgeton area to support the growth of its U-verse services. AT&T is upgrading a work center at 3746 Pennridge Drive that will house U-verse technicians and management teams. The company also is renovating a data center building at 12976 Hollenberg Drive that the company said it is purchasing after having leased it for 20 years. ... Read More
The Coalition for Plant and Life Sciences if evolving into BioSTL, a new organization to promote the growth of bioscience business in the St. Louis area, and has received an initial ... Read More
General Motors Corp. announced plans to invest $380 million in its assembly plant in Wentzville, Mo., according to the St. Louis Business Journal. The deal, which will add a second shift at the St. Louis-area plant, is part of a tentative four-year contract with the United Auto Workers. The automaker also agreed to add or keep 6,400 jobs in the United States and invest $2.5 billion in its factories, including the reopening of a plant in Spring Hill, Tenn. ... Read More
We have some untapped, unrealized potential here. If there’s anyplace that’s going to take the lead in the global marketplace, it’s going to be St. Louis. St. Louis is visionary, open-minded. ... Read More