Peabody Energy Corp. said today that it has signed an agreement with Cambridge, Mass.-based GreatPoint Energy to develop plants that would convert coal to synthetic gas and hydrogen. The number of ... Read More
Viasystems Group Inc. says it has completed its purchase of Merix Corp. in a deal that gives St. Louis one more publicly-traded company. Viasystems, based in Clayton, was privately held. Beaverton, ... Read More
J.D. Power and Associates rated KCI as the top medium-sized airport in its 2010 North America Satisfaction Study, released Thursday. Lambert-St. Louis International ranked as the 10th best medium-sized airport. J.D. ... Read More
A new type of nuclear reactor—smaller than a rail car and one tenth the cost of a big plant—is emerging as a contender to reshape the nation’s resurgent nuclear power industry. ... Read More
Experiments by scientists at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are moving forward quickly and could be producing jet fuel from algae at competitive prices by next year, the ... Read More
Delta Dental of Missouri has acquired Advantica EyeCare, a Clearwater, Fla.-based vision benefits provider with 2.4 million members nationwide and annual revenue in excess of $46 million. Financial terms weren’t closed. ... Read More
AstraZeneca waded into the competitive rheumatoid arthritis market on Tuesday by buying rights to Rigel Pharmaceuticals‘ next-generation drug R788 for up to $1.245 billion, Reuters reported. The deal is a big ... Read More
Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International ASA said Monday it has agreed to acquire U.S. competitor Terra Industries Inc. for $4.1 billion. Yara said it would pay $41.10 per share of Terra ... Read More
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said on Monday it is considering building a wind turbine plant in the United States, and will a make final decision after seeing how demand recovers. Mitsubishi ... Read More
Kia announced on Feb. 10 its plans to introduce its first hybrid vehicle to the U.S. “It will be here before the end of the year and will be available to ... Read More