Monthly Archives: June 2011

Strafford company gains tax credits for new jobs

A Strafford manufacturing company has received a $214,900 state tax credit for creating 59 jobs with the promise of 36 more. American Products LLC has received an Enhanced Enterprise Zone tax ... Read More

Honeywell to Buy EMS Technologies

Honeywell is paying a 33 percent premium for a maker of systems for mobile networks and satellites. ... Read More

NARS to announce 100-job expansion

National Asset Recovery Services is expected to announce a significant expansion to its Cape Girardeau call center staff at 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to Mitch Robinson, executive director of Cape Girardeau ... Read More

Capgemini to Buy Prosodie

French IT services company Capgemini continued its buying spree, agreeing the $550.6 million acquisition of Prosodie, a French company that manages business-to-business client transactions. ... Read More

DST Systems buys Canadian company Subserveo

DST Systems Inc. has bought Subserveo Inc., a Canadian company that provides software for broker-dealers and investment advisers. The companies did not disclose terms of the deal. Kansas City-based DST announced ... Read More

US Chamber of Commerce Enterprising States Study Ranks Missouri High for Taxes and Regulation

The 2011 Enterprising States study highlights state-driven initiatives to 1) redesign government, including measures to deal with excessive debt levels that inhibit economic growth and job creation and 2) implement forward-looking, ... Read More

Study: Kansas City drug research generates $1.33B a year, employs 9,000

When pharmaceutical companies need help developing or testing new drugs, many head to Kansas City. A new study, released Tuesday, found that the metro area boasts more than 70 contract research ... Read More

Missouri in top 10 for economic competitiveness

The Show-Me State placed in the top 10 among the nation’s 50 states, moving six places from 15 to a ranking of nine, in the newest economic competitiveness index released by ... Read More

Engine remanufacturing plant to add 131 jobs

A Springfield plant that refurbishes the engines of used cars plans to add 131 jobs over the next three to four years, officials said. PROFormance Powertrain Products, which already employs 100 ... Read More

University of Missouri, CarrBaierCrandall partner on research park expansion

University of Missouri System officials announced plans to partner with CarrBaierCrandall and CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Latest from The Business Journals Troubled Silver Spring apartment owners plan auctionDollar Tree ... Read More