U.S. farmers across the Western Great Plains will soon plant Monsanto’s newest drought-tolerant corn as part of on-farm trials. The DroughtGard Hybrids are designed to help farmers mitigate the risk of ... Read More
Sanofi-Aventis agreed on Friday to buy Pluromed, a maker of plastic inserts for medical procedures, for an undisclosed amount to add to its biosurgery offerings. more ... Read More
Smart USA intends to launch a five-door car on the U.S. market within the next 15 months. More ... Read More
Covidien to buy Israeli device maker for $300 million more ... Read More
A $39 million expansion at the TG Missouri auto supply plant in Perryville will result in 200 new jobs over the next five years. Gov. Jay Nixon was in the southeast ... Read More
St. Louis ranked seventh among 27 U.S. cities in a study of the least-costly locations to do business in the United States. KPMG LLP, an audit, tax and advisory firm, completed ... Read More
University of Missouri engineering students have a lot of faith in their third made-from-scratch hydrogen-powered street car. The hydrogen vehicle team expects Tigergen III to reach the equivalent of 500 miles ... Read More
Twin Creeks Technologies and Silicon Genesis’ thin wafering systems promise to return solar to its place in the alternative energy race. more ... Read More
Lee Biosolutions Inc. has expanded its line of biomarkers to include products used to track testicular cancer. Based in Brentwood, Lee Biosolutions collects biological materials — human saliva, semen, urine and ... Read More
Schaffhausen, Switzerland-based Tyco International Ltd. has agreed to spin off its Tyco Flow division to Minneapolis-based Pentair for $4.53 billion, Bloomberg reports. Tyco, which creates valves and other flow-control instruments, said ... Read More