Bombardier gets $937M order from Jazz Air
- May 03, 2010
Jazz Air LP plans to replace some of its aging fleet of passenger aircraft and spend up to US$937 million to purchase as many as 30 new turboprops from Bombardier, the ... Read More
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Ford’s Kansas City-made vehicles drive April sales gains
- May 03, 2010
Sales of vehicles produced at Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo were a key reason Ford’s sales increased by more than 20 percent for the fifth straight month. ... Read More
FDA approves vaccine to fight prostate cancer
- April 30, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first treatment that uses a so-called cancer vaccine, a drug that trains the body’s own immune system to fight the disease. The ... Read More
Landshire to move headquarters to downtown St. Louis
- April 30, 2010
Landshire Inc., which makes and distributes packaged sandwiches for gas stations, plans to move its headquarters and 50 jobs from Belleville, Ill., to downtown St. Louis. The company, which has called ... Read More
Direct-drive turbines to propel offshore wind
- April 30, 2010
With projected growth in offshore wind farms, turbine makers are adopting direct-drive generators, a technology which could help address concerns over cost and reliability of offshore wind. Siemens Energy last week ... Read More
Tektronix acquire SyntheSyn Research
- April 30, 2010
Tektronix, Inc. completed the acquisition of privately-owned SyntheSys Research, Inc. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. SyntheSys Research (Menlo Park, Calif.) develops and manufactures high-speed signal integrity test and measurement ... Read More
Hewlett-Packard to buy Palm for $1.4 billion
- April 29, 2010
Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to acquire Palm for $1.4 billion in cash, uniting a pair of companies that have failed to make much recent headway in the smart phone business. H-P ... Read More
Eaton, Takaoka Electric Manufacturing collaborate on electric vehicle charging
- April 29, 2010
Eaton Corp. announced on April 29 that it will collaborate with Takaoka Electric Manufacturing Company, Ltd. to develop and launch DC Quick Chargers, a key component in the charging of electric ... Read More
Medtronic to buy ATS Medical for $315.2M
- April 29, 2010
Medical device company Medtronic Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to buy heart device maker ATS Medical Inc. for $315.2 million in cash, expanding its products for cardiac surgery. Medtronic’s offer ... Read More
BASF 1Q profit hits $1.4B, nearly triples
- April 29, 2010
German chemical company BASF SE said Thursday that the economic recovery and a push by customers to restock their own inventories helped it nearly triple its first-quarter net profit. The company, ... Read More