SubTropolis featured in the Atlantic
- April 26, 2010
Each year about a million people visit the Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun theme parks in Kansas City, Missouri, most of them unaware of an even stranger attraction lying ... Read More
Business News
Stifel to buy Thomas Weisel Partners for $300M
- April 26, 2010
Stifel Financial Corp. said Monday it plans to buy San Francisco investment bank Thomas Weisel Partners for more than $300 million in stock. The deal will create a middle-market investment bank ... Read More
Sensient plans $16M expansion in St. Louis
- April 23, 2010
Sensient Technologies Corp. of Milwaukee said it plans to invest $16 million at its Color Group headquarters in St. Louis. Sensient will build an additional 25,000-square-foot facility dedicated to natural colors ... Read More
Qwest, CenturyTel to merge
- April 22, 2010
CenturyTel Inc. agreed Thursday to buy Qwest Comunications International Inc. in an all-stock deal valuing Qwest at about $10.6 billion—one of the biggest U.S. telecommunications deals in years. The merger will ... Read More
Novartis receives FDA approval for Zortress
- April 22, 2010
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zortress oral tablets for the prevention of rejection of kidney transplants in adult patients at low-to-moderate immunologic risk. Zortress is to be ... Read More
CG Automation acquires Second Wind SCADA technology
- April 22, 2010
CG Automation, a wholly owned subsidiary of MSE Power Systems Inc., announced the acquisition of ADMS Wind SCADA and wind turbine monitoring systems technology from Second Wind Systems Inc. The company ... Read More
Electric car pioneer Tesla aims for broader market
- April 21, 2010
For well-heeled early adopters of electric-car technology, Tesla has been the car of choice. The 2,373-pound, two-seat Roadster accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds, can reach a top ... Read More
Alpla to open new manufacturing facility in St. Peters, Mo.
- April 20, 2010
Alpla Inc., a privately held $3 billion manufacturer of plastic packaging solutions, has purchased an 83,485 square-foot industrial property at 9 Cermak Blvd. in St. Peters, Mo. Austrian-based Alpla is a ... Read More
$670M Mississippi River bridge breaks ground
- April 20, 2010
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited St. Louis on Monday for the groundbreaking of the $670 million Mississippi River bridge project. The four-lane, cable-stayed bridge will connect St. Clair ... Read More
St. Louis County to open new life science incubator
- April 20, 2010
St. Louis County sold $7 million in bonds Tuesday to build a new incubator in Creve Coeur and renovate existing ones. The new incubator, which will be adjacent from the Bio-Research ... Read More