Its official, this morning the final section of US Hwy 36 between Clarence and Shelbina opened to traffic, making the corridor a four-lane facility across the entire state of Missouri.   Read More...

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

Medco Health Solutions said Monday that it would has agreed to buy United BioSource, a medical research company, for about $730 million in cash.   Read More...

Dell said Monday that it has agreed to buy 3PAR, a data storage company, for about $1.15 billion in cash, as the computer giant races to expand beyond its core P.C.-making business.   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...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the funding of 126 new Recovery Act broadband infrastructure projects that will create jobs and provide rural residents in 38 states and Native American tribal areas access to improved service.   Read More...

St. Louis software developer Asynchrony Solutions Inc. has been sold to Schafer Corp. for an undisclosed sum.   Read More...

Siemens said on August 10 that it has won two orders in the United States and Canada to supply wind turbines that experts said were worth around 800 million euros (US$1.1 billion.)   Read More...

The Newberry Group Inc., a St. Charles IT services and security firm, recently acquired cmdLabs LLC, a Baltimore-based digital forensics and incident response company, for an undisclosed sum.   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...

Phycal LLC, which has an algae biotechnology laboratory at the BioResearch and Development Growth Park (BRDG) at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has won a $24.2 million federal research grant.   Read More...

The age of the electric car is upon us, or so the numbers would suggest.   Read More...

The state of Missouri awarded online travel firm Expedia an incentive package worth more than $7.3 million to help cement the Bellevue, Wash.-based company’s planned expansion in Springfield, Mo., and the creation of up to 500 new jobs there.   Read More...

Esco Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it acquired Crissair Inc., a maker of hydraulic, fuel and pneumatic system components for the aerospace industry, for an undisclosed sum.   Read More...

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

Driving from Kansas City to Joplin, Mo., down U.S. Highway 71 is going to get much faster.   Read More...

Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday that it is on pace to bring about 1,975 jobs in-house by 2012, including more than 200 jobs at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo.   Read More...

Caterpillar said its rail-services unit completed the acquisition of locomotive maker Electro-Motive Diesel for $820 million plus a post-closing adjustment estimated at $108 million, The Associated Press reported.   Read More...

Ameren Corp. said Monday it created a new subsidiary dedicated to electric transmission infrastructure investment and identified $3 billion in potential projects.

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General Electric Co. and Intel Corp. announced plans to create a health-care joint venture focused on chronic disease and age-related conditions.   Read More...