Brown Shoe adds American Sporting Goods
- February 18, 2011
Brown Shoe Co. bought American Sporting Goods Corp. for $145 million, the St. Louis Business Journal reports. ... Read More
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Touton USA will put North American headquarters, 21 exec jobs in KC
- February 17, 2011
Touton USA, a French commodity trader, plans to put its North American headquarters in Kansas City, creating 21 executive jobs. The company will open its office at 11500 N. Ambassador Drive ... Read More
Sanofi Agrees to Buy Genzyme for $20.1 Billion
- February 16, 2011
Sanofi-Aventis will pay $74 a share in cash, plus additional payments pegged to the performance of certain drugs developed by Genzyme. ... Read More
Danforth Plant Science Center expansion gets $6M in bonds
- February 16, 2011
The Missouri Development Finance Board approved $6.2 million in tax-exempt bonds Tuesday for an $8.25 million expansion at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur. The expansion is expected ... Read More
Biosciences tops doctorate degrees awarded in Missouri
- February 15, 2011
According to data from the National Science Foundation, one in every four doctorates awarded in Missouri in 2009 were in the field of biosciences. Missouri universities awarded 868 doctorates in 2009, ... Read More
Renewable energy plan to bring hundreds of jobs to Columbia
- February 15, 2011
MFA Oil Company is holding a meeting Tuesday morning in Jefferson City to announce its partnership with Ohio-based biofuel company Aloterra Energy. The two companies plan to produce a renewable energy ... Read More
Missouri exports jump 36% in 2010
- February 15, 2011
Missouri exports increased 36 percent in 2010, according to data released Monday by the World Trade Center Saint Louis. Last year, the total dollar value of Missouri exports was $12.9 billion, ... Read More
Boeing looks to biofuels by 2015
- February 15, 2011
Boeing Co. officials say it's going to take a lot of work, but they hope aviation biofuels will be practical for the market by around 2015, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. ... Read More
Leinco Technologies
- February 11, 2011
Patrick Leinert “For manufacturing, overall costs of labor, utilities, cost of land and buildings and the skilled labor pool, Missouri is one of the best values in the country.”More… ... Read More
Jack Henry & Associates
- February 11, 2011
Jack Prim “The work ethic here is really good. People come in and work hard. They’re used to working hard before we hire them.” More… ... Read More