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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
Intersil Corp. agreed to acquire Techwell Inc. for about $418 million, as the semiconductor company looks to boost its industrial business, which will become its largest market. The company will pay ... Read More
The Chrysler Group announced on March 22 its plans to engineer and produce a pure electric vehicle using the Fiat 500 platform, which was shown earlier this year at the 2010 ... Read More
Peabody Energy said it plans to buy a $15 million equity interest in Calera Corp., which has proprietary technology that converts carbon dioxide into green building materials. Los Gatos, Calif.-based Calera, ... Read More
Midwest Research Institute has received a U.S. Department of Defense contract to provide support services for national defense research against chemical and biological warfare and terrorism. The Kansas City-based organization said ... Read More
Airbus parent company EADS is backing algae as the best source of sustainable jet fuel, arguing that other feedstocks will not allow the airline industry to meet its carbon-footprint reduction goals. ... Read More
Compass Plus, an international provider of electronic funds transfer (EFT) and payments technology to financial institutions, announced it has opened its first North American office in St. Louis, and has appointed ... Read More