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Schreiber Foods schedules Carthage plant expansion

Plans to expand a Schreiber Foods plant to eventually add 160 new jobs have been endorsed by a Carthage committee working with the company. Andrew Tobish, director of combinations for Schreiber, ... Read More

LightEdge’s opening is the start of something big at SubTropolis

The Wednesday opening of LightEdge Solutions Inc., the anchor tenant for a new underground data center campus in Kansas City’s SubTropolis business park, is expected to be the start of something ... Read More

Linn State Technical College One of the Top 10 community colleges in the US according to Bankrate

Practical experience is the focus of Linn State Technical College in Linn, Mo. The reason this school boasts a 95 percent job-placement rate is because it goes to significant lengths to ... Read More

Columbia Biotech company gets $230,000 investment

Local angel investment firm Centennial Investors has put $230,000 into a Columbia-based biotech company developing drugs to treat the wasting disease cachexia in animals. Animal Health Specialties is one of two ... Read More

Tech company to bring headquarters and 80 new jobs to Kansas City, Gov. Nixon announces

Missouri is gaining another high-tech headquarters, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today. Currently based in Omaha, Neb., Mindmixer, an online hosted engagement software company, has selected Kansas City to be its new ... Read More

Edward Jones plans Maryland Heights expansion

Construction of an office building, renovation of another and addition of a parking garage comprise the latest expansion project at the Edward Jones campus in Maryland Heights. The projects by the ... Read More

Five Missouri banks rank among best performers

Five Missouri banks make SNL Financial’s list of best performing community banks. Among them is Sterling Bank, with locations in Clayton, Chesterfield, Poplar Bluff and Van Buren, Mo. With $513 million ... Read More

AT&T hiring 70 people in the Springfield area

AT&T plans to hire about 70 people in the Springfield area. The company announced it has more than 10 openings in retail and nearly 60 at its call center in Springfield. ... Read More

Cenveo expanding Eureka facility with $4 million addition

Printing services firm Cenveo is finishing construction this month on a $4 million expansion of its facility in Eureka. Stamford, Conn.-based Cenveo is adding 44,000 square feet of space to an ... Read More

Washington U receives $3.4 million energy research grant

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Washington University a $3.4 million grant to continue developing technology that uses oxygen, not air, to combust coal. The process produces a highly concentrated carbon ... Read More