United States Senators Christopher "Kit" Bond and Claire McCaskill will lead a delegation of government, business and civic leaders along with the Midwest-China Hub Commission back to Beijing and Shanghai.   Read More...

Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) Director David Kerr visited  Fulton today to officially designate a local site as the state’s fifth Certified Site.   Read More...

Four Missouri companies- Olin, Stifel Financial, Ralcorp Holdings, and Panera Bread are among the 100 Fastest Growing Companies according to Fortune.   Read More...

Homebuyers in Missouri pay some of the lowest closing costs in the United States, according to a study by Bankrate Inc.   Read More...

A recent report from Business Facilities ranks Missouri 8th for quality of life in the U.S.    Read More...

U.S. exports support 121,865 jobs in the St. Louis area and more than 77,000 jobs in the Kansas City area, according to a report released last month by the Brookings Institution.   Read More...

Unemployed Missourians will be able to get on-the-job training while still receiving their jobless benefits under a new program.   Read More...

Missouri ranks 10th in the just-released Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States for 2010.   Read More...

Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday afternoon signed the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act in the Kansas City area, which has a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant that could be a key beneficiary of the bill.   Read More...

Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s have both reaffirmed Missouri’s AAA credit rating, making Missouri once again the only state in the Midwest to earn a triple-A rating from all three ratings agencies.   Read More...

Moberly Area Economic Development Corporation today announced that the multinational company Mamtek International and its affiliate Mamtek U.S., producers of a healthy sugar substitute called sucralose, plan to base U.S. manufacturing operations in Moberly.   Read More...

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) announced today that a Kansas City location has been designated as the state’s fourth Certified Site.   Read More...

The 2010 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card, prepared by Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research, noted certain states – those with low tax rates, diversity of industry and government support – may return to prerecession production levels within one to two years.   Read More...

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation that would enhance tax benefits for the state’s higher education savings program.   Read More...

According to NewGeography's 2010 BestCities rankings, Missouri is home to many of the top cities for job growth in the country.   Read More...

For the second time in as many weeks, local economic development officials have announced the successful completion of a project that will bring a new employer to town. This time, it’s “Project Clean” and involves a commercial laundry company that plans to hire 30 people over the next six months.   Read More...

The University of Missouri is among the top 10 undergraduate schools that produced the most chief executives among S&P 500 companies.   Read More...

Four Missouri metros ranked in the top 50% of 366 metros due to the strength of their economies.   Read More...

Red Wing Shoe Co. has received a $261,270 grant to expand its Potosi plant and add 42 new full-time jobs within two years.   Read More...

The University of Missouri comes in at No. 23 on The Daily Beast’s list of Tech’s 29 Most Powerful Colleges.   Read More...