After steady growth in December and January, U.S. manufacturing expanded in February at the fastest pace since mid-2004, signaling that the factory sector continues to lead the economic recovery. Business activity ... Read More
Monsanto Co. said Tuesday it entered into an agreement for a multi-year collaboration with Sapphire Energy Inc. to leverage Sapphire’s algae research to discover genes that could be applied to agriculture. ... Read More
Missouri Department of Economic Development Director David Kerr announced yesterday that the state designated a 107-acre tract of land in northeast Columbia as a “certified site,” which bills land as ready ... Read More
Emerson Network Power announced it will deliver data center infrastrcture management solutions and cooling and power technologies to leading IT solutions and services provider Datacraft for six Internet data centers in ... Read More
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to buy a 35 percent stake in Novatec Solar (formerly Novatec Biosol), an innovative Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology company based ... Read More
INRIX has the nation’s largest data warehouse of sampled vehicle speeds, including the most extensive data related specifically to freight activity. In this Annual Scorecard, the subset of GPS vehicle probe ... Read More
Standard & Poor’s has reaffirmed Missouri’s AAA credit rating, Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday. The rating was done in conjunction with Missouri undergoing re-funding of appropriation debt, which will result in ... Read More
St. Louis Community College is opening its new Center for Workforce Innovation on Monday, adjacent to the college’s Florissant Valley campus. The 32,000-square-foot center, at 3344 Pershall Road in Ferguson, will ... Read More
The positive side of wind — as a job creator for Joplin area companies — took center stage Wednesday when U.S. Rep. Billy Long toured Able Manufacturing and Assembly to learn ... Read More
Hugh Gilmore "There are cost advantages to working out of Missouri. Corporate taxes, fuel taxes and property taxes are very low in the state. Utility costs among the lowest in the country." ... Read More