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Oregon company building facility in Columbia

An Oregon company has announced plans to build a radioisotope production facility at the University of Missouri’s research park in Columbia. Nick Fowler, founder of Corvallis, Oregon-based Northwest Medical Isotopes, said ... Read More

Unilever plans $99M expansion, will hire 70 at Independence plant

Unilever plans to invest $99 million in an expansion project at its facility in Independence, creating 70 new full-time jobs. Unilever is a global consumer goods company that manufactures products for ... Read More

CEO Survey finds Missouri is the most improved state for business

Missouri is the most improved state for business, according to a new survey by Chief Executive magazine. Missouri is ranked at No. 22, moving up nine spots from 2013, in the ... Read More

St. Louis and Kansas City affordable metros for homeownership

St. Louis and Kansas City both rank in the top 10 for homeownership affordability among large U.S. metros with populations over 1 million, according NerdWallet. St. Louis comes in at No. ... Read More

Report Card: Missouri receives three A’s from Ball State University

A report from the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University shows Missouri as one of only five states to receive an “A” grade for its tax climate, ... Read More

Onshore Outsourcing to add 100 new jobs

Onshore Outsourcing is expanding and adding over 100 new jobs. The company which is currently housed in the former MoDOT District Office Building is looking to purchase the buildings next door. ... Read More

Missouri ranks first in its region for new facilities and expansions

Site Selection Magazine ranked Missouri first in the North West Central Region for the 2013 Governor’s Cup awards, Gov. Jay Nixon announced. More than 125 businesses either expanded their facilities or ... Read More

Ford Transit vans start rolling off line in KC

Ford Motor Co. drove its first Transit van off the line Wednesday at the Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo. The Kansas City Assembly Plant underwent a $1.1 billion investment by ... Read More

University of Missouri Recognized for Green Power Use

The University of Missouri ranked among the largest users of green power, according to two lists recently released by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership. The university is ranked ... Read More

Four Missouri restaurants make list of top 100 U.S. brunch spots

Four Missouri restaurants made OpenTable’s list of the country’s top 100 brunch spots. Included on the 2014 Diners’ Choice Awards list of the Top 100 Best Restaurants for Brunch in America ... Read More