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$4.6M grant to finance incubator, Danforth greenhouse

The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded St. Louis County Economic Council and Donald Danforth Plant Science Center a $4.6 million grant to expand plant and life sciences in St. Louis County. ... Read More

Boeing gets fed nod to buy defense firm Argon

Boeing Co. has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy defense manufacturer Argon ST Inc., the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. Boeing said in early June that it would buy Argon ... Read More

GE orders 100 jets from Boeing, Airbus

General Electric’s aircraft leasing unit announced at the Farnborough airshow on July 19 that it has placed an order for 100 planes from Boeing and Airbus. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) ... Read More

Barnes-Jewish 1 of 14 hospitals on U.S. News Honor Roll

Barnes-Jewish Hospital and its physician partners at Washington University School of Medicine are one of 14 hospitals and medical institutions nationwide included on U.S. News & World Report’s list of “America’s ... Read More

Nixon signs the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act, Ford Incentives in Kansas City

Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday afternoon signed the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act in the Kansas City area, which has a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant that could be a key beneficiary ... Read More

Tyco Electronics to buy ADC for $1.25 billion

Tyco Electronics said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy ADC Telecommunications, a broadband equipment maker, for about $1.25 billion in cash, the latest in a spate of deals over ... Read More

Boeing unveils unmanned Phantom Eye demonstrator

The Boeing Company today unveiled the hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system, a demonstrator that will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days. “Phantom Eye is the first ... Read More

GE to speed up electric car chargers

General Electric Co. said Tuesday that it has developed an electric vehicle charger that will reduce the amount of time it takes to replenish depleted batteries. The GE WattStation will be ... Read More

European energy firms look to U.S. as biomass source

Demand for woody biomass, in the form of wood chips, wood pellets and torrified pellets will increase substantially in Europe over the next ten years, according to the North American Wood ... Read More

Johnson & Johnson buys Micrus for $480M

Johnson & Johnson said Monday it will pay $480 million for medical device maker Micrus Endovascular, adding a range of treatments for stroke and brain aneurysms. Johnson & Johnson said it ... Read More