Honda changes direction– will launch electric car, plug-in hybrids in 2012
- July 22, 2010
Honda said on July 20 that it would roll out an electric car and plug-in hybrids in Japan and the United States in 2012 as it tries to catch up in ... Read More
Business News
Health Grades Inc., an independent health rating firm, awarded its Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence Award for 2010 to six Missouri hospitals.
The Missouri hospitals on the list are:
- Boone Hospital Center, Columbia
- Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis County
- Skaggs Regional Medical Center, Branson
- SSM Saint Joseph Health Center, St. Charles, including SSM St. Joseph Health Center-Wentzville
- SSM St. Mary’s Health Center, Richmond Heights
- St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield
$4.6M grant to finance incubator, Danforth greenhouse
- July 22, 2010
The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded St. Louis County Economic Council and Donald Danforth Plant Science Center a $4.6 million grant to expand plant and life sciences in St. Louis County. ... Read More
Boeing gets fed nod to buy defense firm Argon
- July 21, 2010
Boeing Co. has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy defense manufacturer Argon ST Inc., the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. Boeing said in early June that it would buy Argon ... Read More
GE orders 100 jets from Boeing, Airbus
- July 19, 2010
General Electric’s aircraft leasing unit announced at the Farnborough airshow on July 19 that it has placed an order for 100 planes from Boeing and Airbus. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) ... Read More
Barnes-Jewish 1 of 14 hospitals on U.S. News Honor Roll
- July 15, 2010
Barnes-Jewish Hospital and its physician partners at Washington University School of Medicine are one of 14 hospitals and medical institutions nationwide included on U.S. News & World Report’s list of “America’s ... Read More
Nixon signs the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act, Ford Incentives in Kansas City
- July 15, 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday afternoon signed the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act in the Kansas City area, which has a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant that could be a key beneficiary ... Read More
Tyco Electronics to buy ADC for $1.25 billion
- July 14, 2010
Tyco Electronics said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy ADC Telecommunications, a broadband equipment maker, for about $1.25 billion in cash, the latest in a spate of deals over ... Read More
Boeing unveils unmanned Phantom Eye demonstrator
- July 14, 2010
The Boeing Company today unveiled the hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system, a demonstrator that will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days. “Phantom Eye is the first ... Read More
GE to speed up electric car chargers
- July 14, 2010
General Electric Co. said Tuesday that it has developed an electric vehicle charger that will reduce the amount of time it takes to replenish depleted batteries. The GE WattStation will be ... Read More
European energy firms look to U.S. as biomass source
- July 14, 2010
Demand for woody biomass, in the form of wood chips, wood pellets and torrified pellets will increase substantially in Europe over the next ten years, according to the North American Wood ... Read More