3M to Buy Cogent Systems in $943 Million Deal
- August 30, 2010
3M said Monday that it had agreed to buy Cogent, a maker of biometric recognition systems, for $10.50 per share in a deal worth $943 million. More ... Read More
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Mississippi piques interest of hydroelectric developers
- August 30, 2010
For decades, the Mississippi River has been a key passageway for barges and other vessels that move millions of tons of coal and petroleum to help power the nation’s economy. These ... Read More
St. Louis Children’s Hospital first in U.S. to implant artificial lung
- August 26, 2010
St. Louis Children’s Hospital recently became the first hospital in the country to implant an artificial lung. A team of Washington University doctors working at the hospital and led by cardio-thoracic ... Read More
DED designates Fulton location as certified site
- August 26, 2010
Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) Director David Kerr visited Fulton today to officially designate a local site as the state’s fifth Certified Site. Chosen by DED’s Certified Site team, the ... Read More
Leinco gets $1.5M incentives to stay here
- August 25, 2010
Leinco Technologies Inc. has landed more than $1.5 million in incentives from Missouri and St. Louis County to expand into part of the former Chrysler supplier complex in Fenton instead ofmoving ... Read More
Stretches of the Missouri, Mississippi become part of Marine Highway
- August 23, 2010
Two new interstate corridors have been named in Missouri, but don’t try driving on the M-70 and M-55 unless you want to get wet. More ... Read More
3M in Columbia to hire 120 employees
- August 20, 2010
The Missouri Development Finance Board today approved an incentives package that will allow Columbia’s 3M plant to move forward with plans to add approximately 120 employees over the next three years. ... Read More
Four Missouri companies included in Fortune’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list
- August 20, 2010
Four Missouri companies- Olin, Stifel Financial, Ralcorp Holdings, and Panera Bread are among the 100 Fastest Growing Companies according to Fortune. Olin (40th) was the top ranked Missouri company, followed by ... Read More
Downtown is becoming a tech hub
- August 20, 2010
Once the heavy-duty electrical connections are completed, XIOLINK’s new headquarters will open as the latest example of information technology businesses that are expanding downtown. Relatively cheap electricity and the infrastructure needed ... Read More
LaBarge lands $5M Black Hawk deal
- August 19, 2010
LaBarge Inc. said Thursday it won a $5 million contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to produce wiring harnesses for the HH-60M Medevac helicopter, which is part of the Black Hawk helicopter ... Read More