Yearly Archives: 2010

MU program aims for jobs in green energy

The University of Missouri has been tapped to help establish academic programs across the state to train workers for the emerging green energy industry. MU received $4 million of a $6 ... Read More

MU noted for energy efficiency

The University of Missouri has been recognized by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency for using a variety of alternative energy sources to power its campus. MU was one of three universities ... Read More

Mosaic in talks to buy Mexican firm

Mosaic Co. is in talks to acquire Mexican fertilizer company Grupo Fertinal SA in a deal that could be worth up to $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. A ... Read More

MU gets millions for health study

The University of Missouri has been awarded an $8.47 million grant to study cardiovascular health, one of the largest awards for medical research in MU’s history. The five-year, renewable grant will ... Read More

Monsanto, BASF add wheat, $1B to crop venture

BASF and Monsanto Co. said Wednesday that they are expanding their joint efforts to develop higher-yielding and stress-tolerant crops to include wheat and may add more than $1 billion to those ... Read More

Monsanto to license soybean seed traits to Dow

Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it granted a new royalty-bearing, Roundup Ready 2 Yield license to Dow AgroSciences for genetically modified soybean seeds. In 2007, Creve Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences ... Read More

Mitsubishi to rev up electric car output

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

Mitsubishi Heavy may build U.S. wind turbine plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said on Monday it is considering building a wind turbine plant in the United States, and will a make final decision after seeing how demand recovers. Mitsubishi ... Read More

Missouri students make significant gains in reading test scores

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

Missouri’s tax climate gets an ‘A’ grade in the 2010 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card

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 ... Read More