2012 In the News Archives
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August 23, 2012
St. Louis Ranks No. 13 for Gen Y Workers
August 23, 2012
St. Louis ranks No. 13 as the best city for Generation Y workers, or those born between 1982-1993, according to Payscale Inc.
August 22, 2012
Zoltek Honored for New $15 Million Carbon Fiber Plant in St. Peters
August 22, 2012
Zoltek Companies, Inc. was selected as August's recipient of the Business Spotlight Award from the Economic Development Roundtable of St. Charles County
August 17, 2012
Distribution Company is Considering a Big Project in Madison County
August 17, 2012
A distribution company is considering construction of a 2.4 million-square-foot warehouse at one of two sites in Madison County.
August 16, 2012
Research Could Help Stem Hearing Loss
August 16, 2012
Perfiuarters. SIUE School of Medicine was awarded a $1.2 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for work on drug therapies to prevent and treat noise-induced hearing loss.
August 15, 2012
Amdocs Ranks 12th in List of World's 100 Best Outsourcing Providers Across All Industries
August 15, 2012
Perfiuarters. St. Louis-based Amdocs has been named among the world's 100 top outsourcing providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals for the past six years.
August 14, 2012
St. Louis Startups vie for Slot at DEMO
August 14, 2012
Several companies from St. Louis' vibrant startup ecosystem plan to Several St. Louis-based startups, including Material Mix, Systematic Revenue, Gremln, and Click With Me Now, to take part in Missouri state entrepreneur competition
August 10, 2012
Starbucks Adopts St. Louis-born Payment Gizmo
August 10, 2012
Starbucks plans to use Square Inc. for its credit card processing at 7,000 coffee shops; Starbucks is investing over $25 million in the St. Louis-based startup
July 31, 2012
Wells Fargo Wagon is A-Comin' with 400 Jobs
July 31, 2012
Wells Fargo will add 400 jobs to the company's headquarters campus in downtown St. Louis; bringing the number of the firm's employees in the region to about 5,500.
July 26, 2012
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Announces Zoltek Expansion in St. Peters
July 26, 2012
The St. Peters location of Zoltek, a carbon fiber manufacturer, will be expanding local operations and create 100-plus new jobs.
July 17, 2012
St. Louis Ranked No. 2 on Fiscal Times' "U.S. Cities with the Biggest Bang for Your Buck"
July 17, 2012
St. Louis ranked No. 2 on The Fiscal Times' list of the best places to live where you can actually spend less and make more.
July 17, 2012
U.S. News Ranks Barnes-Jewish No. 6 in Nation and No. 1 in St. Louis
July 17, 2012
U.S. News & World Report's 2012 list of "Best Hospitals" ranked Barnes-Jewish sixth in the nation and in 15 individual specialties as well as No. 1 in both Missouri and St. Louis.
July 16, 2011
Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded $12 million to Study Drought as part of the effort to Develop Next Generation Bioenergy Grasses
July 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $12.1 million grant to researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to develop a new plant system advancing bioenergy grasses as a sustainable source of renewable fuels.
July 10, 2012
Southwest Offers Non-stop Flight to Washington D.C.
July 10, 2012
Southwest Airlines will begin a new non-stop service between Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and Washington's Reagan National Airport this fall.
June 25, 2012
Grand Opening of Helix Center Biotech Incubator Launches New Phase of Region's Biotech Growth
June 25, 2012
The incubator features high quality, wet and dry lab space and offices in a renovated building with the most up-to-date systems and technologies.
June 25, 2012
Integrated Manufacturing Technologies to Open $3 Million Expansion
June 25, 2012
Integrated Manufacturing Technologies (IMT) will open a $3 million, 45,000-square-foot expansion at its headquarters in Red Bud, Ill.
June 1, 2012
Siteman Investigators Receive $5.4 Million From Komen for Breast Cancer Research
June 1, 2012
Washington University scientists at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center are developing innovative treatments in the fight against breast cancer.
May 24, 2012
Clayton, Metro Rank as Top Midwest High Schools
May 24, 2012
Two St. Louis schools ranked in Newsweek's best high schools list, with Metro coming in at 125 and Clayton at 129.
May 24, 2012
Gallus BioPharmaceuticals Completes $20 Million Manufacturing Update
May 24, 2012
Gallus BioPharmaceuticals completed a $20 million expansion of clinical manufacturing, equipment and development facilities.
May 21, 2012
GM Shifts into Wentzville Plant's Expansion
May 21, 2012
A 500,000-square-foot addition to the plant will help GM house its new production line for the redesigned, mid-size Colorado pickup truck. That new production line will create 1,260 new jobs.
May 21, 2012
GM Wentzville Expansion Groundbreaking
May 21, 2012
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and others broke ground for a huge, multi-million dollar expansion at the General Motors plant in St. Charles County.
May 21, 2012
St. Louis Ranked Best City for College Grads
May 21, 2012
St. Louis was ranked the best city in the country for recent grads, according to Careerbliss.com
May 8, 2012
Arch Grants Name 15 Winners
May 8, 2012
Arch Grants, a new program designed to boost entrepreneurship in St. Louis, awarded 15 startups $50,000 grants, totaling $750,000.
May 7, 2012
St. Louis Claims 9 Spots on Fortune 500 List
May 7, 2012
The St. Louis metro area has nine companies on 2012's Fortune 500 list.
May 4, 2012
New Science Building at SIUE is Addressing a Big Campus Need
May 4, 2012
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is adding a new art building to accommodate the nearly 15,000 student increase in enrollment; a new sky bridge will connect to the existing science building, more than doubling available science class and lab space.
May 4, 2012
New $5.5 Million Office Building at Shiloh is Leased to the Mitre Corp.
May 4, 2012
Perfiuarters. St. Louis-based McGrath & Associates Inc. completed work on a new 22,000-square-foot office building in Shiloh, Ill., near Scott Air Force Base.
May 2, 2011
Digital Realty to Develop More Space at Data Center on Tucker
May 2, 2012
Digital Realty Trust Inc. announced plans to develop an additional 10,000 square feet of space and add 600 kilowatts of power at the company's newly renovated data center in downtown St. Louis.
April 7, 2011
Cataloging of World's Plants to be Enhanced
April 23, 2012
Dr. Wyse Jackson, President of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and his counterparts at three other leading botanical gardens are spearheading the next step in cataloging the world's plants. The catalog, called the World Flora, is intended to be the most complete compendium of plant life that has ever been created.
April 10, 2012
C Concourse Opens to Rave Reviews
April 6, 2012
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport reopened the C Concourse April 2.
April 2, 2012
Danforth Plant Science Center Ranks in Top 10 Best Places to Work-Postdocs
April 2, 2012
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was recently ranked 8th in The Scientist Magazine's 2012 "Best Places to Work Postdocs" survey of non-tenured life scientists working in academia, industry, or noncommercial research institutions.
March 26, 2012
Bioscience Expanding in St. Louis
March 26, 2012
Focused primarily on attracting bioscience, technology and plant and life science startups, Helix Center's unique location creates exceptional opportunities for collaborations with neighbors, such as the Danforth Center, BRDG Park, as well as Monsanto world headquarters.
March 23, 2012
St. Louis Ranks 7th in Low Cost of Doing Business
March 23, 2012
St. Louis ranked seventh among U.S. cities in a study of the least-costly locations to do business in the United States.
March 23, 2012
St. Louis Among Top Cities for Real Estate Investment
March 6, 2012
St. Louis ranks No. 10 among the top residential real estate investment markets, according to a report from Realtor.com.
March 22, 2012
Bloomberg BusinessWeek Ranks Washington U's Olin School 8th
March 22, 2012
Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked Washington University's Olin School of Business eighth on its list of the best undergraduate business schools.
March 13, 2012
Innovative St. Louis Science Facility Expands by Two
March 13, 2012
The Bio-Research and Development Growth Park (BRDG Park) at the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis welcomed two new companies to its diverse science community: Clean energy- focused Akermin and genomics service firm, MOgene LC; in the last year, eight new companies have moved to BRDG Park creating a vibrant knowledge-based community.
March 8, 2012
Barnes-Jewish Touts New Outpatient Center
March 8, 2012
Several outpatient clinics at Barnes-Jewish Hospital are set to open along with administrative office space in a new 12-story building at Forest Park and Euclid avenues.
March 5, 2012
Four St. Louis Companies Make Fortune Magazine's Most Admired List
March 5, 2012
Emerson Electric, Express Scripts, Graybar Electric and Edward Jones have made Fortune magazine's 2012 Most Admired Companies list.
March 5, 2012
InvestMidwest Picks 12 St. Louis Firms to Present
March 5, 2012
Twelve St. Louis-area companies have been selected to present their stories to potential investors at this year's InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum.
March 1, 2012
Fed Report: Economic Activity Improving in St. Louis
March 1, 2012
A report released by the Federal Reserve Board found that retail sales, car sales and manufacturing in the eighth district, which includes St. Louis, have increased.
February 27, 2012
Emerald's New Low Emissions Fleet Vehicles
February 27, 2012
Emerald Automotive released the first photographs of its demonstrator vehicles, currently being tested at the Millbrook Proving Ground in the United Kingdom.
February 19, 2012
Financial Industry Leaders Join to Spur Local Growth
February 19, 2012
Jim Weddle, Managing Partner of Edward Jones, and Danny Ludeman, CEO of Wells Fargo Advisors are co-chairing a new group, the Greater St. Louis Financial Forum, which includes more than two dozen regional CEOs and seeks to position the St. Louis region as a leading off-Wall Street financial center.
February 19, 2012
On the Cutting Edge of Growth, St. Louis is Starting to Make its Mark
February 19, 2012
A recent study called the National Cluster Mapping Project, overseen by Michael Porter of Harvard Business School, ranks St. Louis' biopharmaceutical cluster as the sixth-biggest in the nation.
February 16, 2012
Cosentino Center Coming to St. Louis
February 16, 2012
Cosentino Group announced plans to open a 10 new centers this fall, including one in St. Louis; the centers typically employ 40 during construction and 15 full-time employees to operate.
February 15, 2012
Top 20 Franchises For The Buck: Panera Bread Ranked No. 4
February 15, 2012
Panera Bread is No. 4 on Forbes' rank of the "Top 20 Franchises For The Buck", which is based on average initial investment, total locations, closure rate, U.S. outlet growth, and training hours as a percentage of startup cost.
February 15, 2011
Control Devices to Move Plant Here, Create Jobs
February 15, 2012
Fenton-based valve maker Control Devices LLC is moving a production facility here from Knoxville, TN and adding jobs.
February 14, 2012
Chess Coach to Leave Texas Tech With Her Team's Best in Tow
February 14, 2012
Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, will relocate in June to Webster University from Texas Tech University.
February 14, 2012
St. Louis is Fourth Most Romantic City
January 14, 2012
St. Louis is the fourth most romantic city in the United States, according to Foursquare, a social media site that enable location-based social networking for mobile devices, such as smartphones.
February 13, 2012
A-B to Pour $70M+ into Arnold Can Plant
February 13, 2012
Anheuser Busch plans to upgrade its can plant in Arnold; boosting production by investing over $70 million, adding at least 20 jobs, and expanding the facility by around 100,000 square feet.
February 9, 2012
FDA Gives Mobius Green Light to Start Local Production
February 9, 2012
Mobius Therapeutics LLC, a St. Louis-based life sciences company, won approval from the FDA to manufacture and sell an improved version of a chemical compound used in eye surgery; the privately held firm plans to use other St. Louis area companies to make and distribute its new formulation.
February 7, 2012
Washington University No. 7 Best Value Private College
February 7, 2012
St. Louis' Washington University was ranked seventh on The Princeton Review's 2012 list of the best value schools for public and private colleges.
February 3, 2012
So, 41 Entrepreneurs Walk Into a St. Louis Office Building...
February 3, 2012
Startup Weekend, an event that has gained popularity at worldwide venues, made its St. Louis debut January 27 when 41 entrepreneurs brought an equal number of business proposals to a downtown incubator for information technology ventures.
February 3, 2012
CORTEX Embarks On Growth Projects
February 3, 2012
CORTEX plans to develop labs and offices in a rehabbed industrial building and a new 200,000-square-foot building. Most of the space is already committed to BJC and Wexford Science and Technology - a Baltimore-based developer of science labs.
January 25, 2012
National Science Foundation Supports Research Aimed at Reducing the Use of Fertilizer
January 25, 2012
The National Science Foundation awarded $1.3 million to support research to reduce the amount of fertilizer used required to grow maize.
January 25, 2012
St. Louis is 8th 'Most Literate' City
January 25, 2012
St. Louis is No. 8 this year in the annual rankings of America's Most Literate Cities.
January 25, 2012
St. Louis' Bioscience Business Efforts Applauded
January 25, 2012
Officials from three federal agencies visited St. Louis to applaud the region's efforts to boost bioscience businesses and congratulate the city's bioscience business leaders for receiving two major grants in recent years.
January 24, 2012
Business Leaders Finance Effort to Bring More Startups to St. Louis
January 24, 2012
Arch Grants, a new program designed as a national competition to bring entrepreneurs to St. Louis by giving the best of them $50,000 apiece to start a company here, promotes St. Louis on a national sclae and puts the region on the map as a startup hub.
January 23, 2012
Southwest Adding Four Nonstop Flights at Lambert
January 23, 2012
Southwest Airlines is adding four non-stop flights from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Sales begin today for the flights, which begin service in August.
January 17, 2012
Kelsey Business and Technology Park Receives "CSX Select Site" Designation
January 17, 2012
CSX designated the 439-acre John W. Kelsey Business & Technology Park a ‘CSX Select Site' culminating several months of assessment and site analysis; CSX certified the Park as one of only five CSX Select Sites currently in the United States.
January 16, 2012
Indonesia-Missouri Business Partnership Signed
January 16, 2012
A Missouri-based trade association, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the American Chamber of Commerce signed a memorandum of understanding in Jakarta as they seek to strengthen business and investment ties.
January 15, 2012
St. Louis' First Startup Weekend is Hard Wired for Innovation
January 15, 2012
St. Louis' first Startup Weekend, a 54-hour entrepreneurial odyssey that will allow those with nascent ideas for a possible business to network with others eager to participate in the next big thing, will be held January 27,29.
January 10, 2012
St. Louis Among Top 20 Metros for Finance & Insurance Firms
January 10, 2012
According to a report by the Business Journals' On Numbers, the St. Louis metro area ranks No. 17 nationwide for the finance and insurance sector. The area's total private-sector workforce totals 64,550 people with an annual payroll of about $3.8 billion, with $59,100 being paid per worker.
January 10, 2012
Chinese, American Leaders to Explore Business Opportunities at Granite City Port
January 10, 2012
Hoping to bring Chinese business opportunities to southwestern Illinois, U.S. and Chinese government officials and private sector leaders will tour America's Central Port on to explore business opportunities.
January 10, 2012
14 Markets Have More Than 10,000 Health Care Companies
January 10, 2012
Fourteen U.S. markets are home to more than 10,000 private-sector companies in the related fields of health care and social assistance.
January 3, 2012
Kiplinger Ranks Four Mo., Ill. Universities as Best Values
January 3, 2011
Missouri and Illinois each hold two universities on Kiplinger's latest "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" list.
January 3, 2012
Boeing Lands $3.5 Billion Missile Defense Contract
January 3, 2012
The U.S. Defense Department has awarded Boeing Co. a $3.48 billion, seven-year contract to develop, test, engineer and manufacture missile defense systems.
