ST. LOUIS — Ikea says it hasn't chosen a site for a store here, despite a report on a local website that it had, according to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A post on the nextstl.com site had said the Swedish home ...
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Kansas City, Missouri's World Revival Church, a 1,000-seat house-of-worship facility that ministers to a live congregation and broadcasts services globally, recently upgraded its sound system with components from Bose Professional Systems ...
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Google fiber project brings Kansas City Gigabit network speed, but the FCC is not satisfied with it. FCC Chairman Julius Genachoski Gigabit officially announced an “urban deployment plan”, planing that all 50 states can enjoy ...
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With the success of its Partnership Response in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) initiative, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation continues working to re-tool the pipeline for technically skilled workers. The ...
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Arthur J Gallagher & Co, a US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, has purchased Missouri-based independent insurance agency Metzler Bros. Insurance. Further terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. ...
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Linde North America and Shick have launched a newly renovated test facility that combines precise temperature control with pneumatic ingredient-conveying solutions. Featuring a pneumatic conveyor equipped with a CO2 injection chilling ...
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Louie Blumkin was a retail visionary with a brilliant mind for names and numbers, a deeply philanthropic leader and a man who always put his family first. That's how family and friends are remembering the chairman emeritus of Nebraska ...
US-based pork processor Smithfield Foods has entered into an agreement to form 50/50 joint venture with Kansas City Sausage, including its sister company, Pine Ridge Farms, as a part of its plan to strengthen its packaged meats business. ...
Powerline technicians Paul Kramer, Steve Lang and Chris Smith were recently congratulated by BC Hydro president and CEO, Charles Reid (far right) and executive vice-president of Transmission & Distribution, Greg Reimer (far left), for ...
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While there was plenty of action on the field when the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers faced off for Super Bowl 2013, nearby in the Lower Ninth Ward there was action of another kind. That’s where Benjamin Moore was ...
Throughout his career, Albert C. “Ace” Bean, Jr., 91, was instrumental in steering Kansas City-based Tnemec Company on the path to becoming one of the largest privately held companies in North America specializing in industrial ...
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A consortium of two private-equity firms has emerged as the lead bidder for the majority of Hostess Brands' cake business, including the Twinkies brand. Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos submitted a US$410m offer for the Hostess ...
General Motors (GM) is planning to invest $600m to expand and upgrade the Fairfax assembly plant in the Kansas City of the US. The expansion, which is expected to be completed in two years, will increase the plant's footprint by over 15% ...
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General Motor (GM) announced a few days ago, they will invest 0.6 billion dollars to the Fairfax assembly factory, Kansas City, US, in order to upgrade the equipment and build a new painting workshop. GM once announced that they will ...
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Hostess Brands has named McKee Foods and United States Bakery as the stalking horse bidders for its Drake's cake business and various bread brands. In a statement released late yesterday (28 January), Hostess said that McKee Foods has ...
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