Automakers Renault and Nissan signed a deal with Spanish energy and infrastructure group Acciona on March 20 to market electric cars in the country, the three companies announced. Under the agreement ... Read More
Five Missouri facilities are among Thompson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals, based on a national benchmarks study for 2009: Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Boone Hospital Center ... Read More
St. Louis is one of the most affordable cities in the nation to do business, a new study shows. St. Louis ranked sixth with a cost index of 97.8, benefiting from ... Read More
The University of Missouri has been tapped to help establish academic programs across the state to train workers for the emerging green energy industry. MU received $4 million of a $6 ... Read More
Private-equity investor Madison Dearborn Partners LLC has agreed to purchase Bway Holding Co., an Atlanta-based supplier of metal and plastic containers, for $915 million in cash and debt and plans to ... Read More
Just days after losing a large contract to supply armored vehicles for the British army, BAE Systems PLC on Friday announced two weapons deals that in the long term could be ... Read More
Missouri is one of nine states in which eighth-grade students made significant gains in reading scores between 2007 and 2009, state education officials announced. According to results of the National Assessment ... Read More
Perrigo Co., the largest U.S. maker of store-brand over-the-counter drugs, said Tuesday it is buying infant formula maker PBM Holdings Inc. for $808 million in cash. PBM, based in Gordonsville, VA., ... Read More
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday it aims to more than triple annual production of its electric car — the i-MiEV — over the next three years, anticipating robust global demand for ... Read More
Triumph Group Inc. agreed to acquire Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. from Carlyle Group for $984 million, a deal which will give the private-equity giant nearly one-third of Triumph. The Wayne, Pa., ... Read More