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Freightquote will hire 400 in KC this year

Freightquote plans to hire 400 freight brokers at its Kansas City headquarters this year. The company said the additions are a response to its continued growth. The positions offer a base ... Read More

Launch Code: How 42 “Unqualified” People Landed Dream Tech Jobs in St. Louis

The state of the technology industry in St. Louis reads like a bad Craigslist missed connection: companies need people, St. Louis has people, but the two just can’t match up where ... Read More

Missouri S&T Modular Reactor Consortium Funds Two Initiatives

Missouri’s multi-university Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Research and Education Consortium, led by Missouri University of Science and Technology, has selected its first two research initiatives for funding. The consortium, established in ... Read More

Kansas City’s Lead Bank expanding, expected creation of 12 new jobs

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that Lead Bank is expanding to Kansas City’s Crossroads district. The expansion will include a $3.6 million capital investment and is expected ... Read More

Gordon Food Service expands in St. Louis

In a sign that St. Louis’ restaurant business is thriving, national food distributor Gordon Food Service has quietly opened three brick-and-mortar stores in the metro area in recent months. Most recently, ... Read More

Warrensburg welcomes new automotive supplier, creating 164 new jobs

Janesville Acoustics to invest $13.4 million to open new automotive parts manufacturing facility in Warrensburg Gov. Jay Nixon, in Detroit for the North American International Auto Show, today announced that Missouri ... Read More

Ameren Missouri to build solar plant in O’Fallon

Ameren Missouri plans to add more renewable power to its grid with the construction of a 5.7-megawatt solar energy center in O’Fallon, Mo. The project will cost $10 million to $20 ... Read More

St. Louis pushes for more immigrants

The Gateway City is getting a reputation for more than just the Cardinals and Budweiser beer: we’re recognized as one of the five cities across the country pushing the envelope to ... Read More

Monsanto’s pipeline report touts technology ‘breakthroughs’

Following Monsanto Co.’s first quarter fiscal 2014 earnings call, in which it reported $3.14 billion in net sales, the company identified several key technological projects that will help it grow in ... Read More

Danforth Center adds research muscle

One of the region’s biggest biotech research institutes is beefing up its roster again. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will announce today that it is hiring four new principal investigators, ... Read More