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Obama Administration confirms $30 billion Boeing F-15 deal

Eighty four F-15 fighter jets, which are built at Boeing’s facility in Hazelwood, are being sold to Saudi Arabia at a cost of $30 billion, according to the Obama administration. The ... Read More

MU researchers to test pain-free tooth fillings

University of Missouri researchers have developed a pain-free way to fill tooth cavities, technology that could be on the market in two years. The so-called “plasma brush” uses chemical reactions to ... Read More

Crowder’s renewable energy center nears completion

A new $7 million-plus renewable energy center at Crowder College in southwest Missouri is nearing completion. more ... Read More

Abbott rival Mylan gets FDA approval for generic hypertension drug

Mylan Inc. said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration approved the drugmaker’s generic version of the high blood pressure treatment Teveten. more ... Read More

Missouri adds 10,900 manufacturing jobs

Missouri gained 10,900 manufacturing jobs between December 2010 and last month, an accomplishment Gov. Jay Nixon lauded Thursday. The figures came this week from the U.S. Department of Labor ’s Bureau ... Read More

Siemens Makes Acquisition in Smart Grid Sector

Will buy eMeter, a provider of meter data management. more ... Read More

Danforth forms coalition with other plant science centers

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has joined forces with the nation’s three other largest nonprofit plant science research institutions to form the Association of Independent Plant Research Institutes. The other ... Read More

IDEXX Laboratories acquires the RADIL Laboratory for the University of Missouri

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. today announced that it has acquired the research and diagnostic laboratory (RADIL) business of the College of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Missouri for $43 million in ... Read More

New business to locate in Salisbury

On Monday the Moberly Area Economic Development Corporation, Chariton County and the city of Salisbury announced that JC Solutions LLC, a producer of agricultural products, will locate its manufacturing and packaging ... Read More

Ralcorp’s Post spinoff to add 150 jobs in St. Louis

Post Holdings Inc., the branded cereal business being spun off by Bill Stiritz’s Ralcorp Holdings Inc. , will create at least 150 jobs locally, most of them in downtown St. Louis. ... Read More