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“It has created many billions of dollars of value for the world with seeds genetically engineered to ward off insects or make a crop immune to herbicides: Witness the vast numbers of farmers who prefer its seeds to competing products, and the resulting $44 billion market value of the company,” Robert Langreth and Matthew Herper of Forbes write in a profile called “The Planet Versus Monsanto.” “In its fiscal 2009 Monsanto sold $7.3 billion of seeds and seed genes, versus $4 billion for second-place DuPont.” November 13, 2009 Express Scripts Inc. made its expansion plans official Thursday, saying it will locate a $74 million drug distribution plant across Interstate 70 from company headquarters in north St. Louis County. October 19, 2009 ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) and RubinBrown LLP announced today that the 2009 Ameren Corporate Citizenship Award will be presented to Edward Jones and Edward Jones Managing Partner Jim Weddle, and the 2009 Spirit of St. Louis Technology Award will be presented to Savvis Inc., headed by CEO Phil Koen. Both awards will be presented along with the recognition of the Greater St. Louis Top 50 firms at the 2009 Greater St. Louis Top 50 Awards Gala on Wednesday evening, November 18th, at the Marriott St. Louis Union Station. Presented each year since 1996, the Top 50 Awards program and dinner salutes outstanding businesses, entrepreneurs and organizations in all industry sectors throughout the St. Louis region. October 6, 2009 As Edward Jones executives celebrated the newest building on the company's campus here, the company also announced plans to create about 250 new jobs to help fill the nine-story structure. August 20, 2009 The venerable PRIDE labor-management organization will be honoring stalwarts of the union construction industry for advancing PRIDE’s mission of making St. Louis the best place to build at the annual PRIDE Construction Industry Awards Luncheon. July 1, 2009 ST. LOUIS - For months, occupants of downtown office towers watched construction workers shape a two-block stretch of dirt and grass and heretofore dead-end dreams into an architectural and horticultural melange. On Wednesday, people swarmed from the towers and elsewhere for a closer look at the opening of Citygarden, an urban sculpture park on the Gateway Mall. April 22, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- Ranked 18th in the nation in metro population, the St. Louis region continues to excel as a Top 10 leading center for corporate headquarters. Fortune Magazine's just-released annual ranking of the nation's top companies by revenue, which will be published in the May 4th issue, includes 8 Fortune 500 firms in the St. Louis region and a total of 21 in the Fortune 1000 (the latter is the same number as 2008). These totals include Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., which maintains dual corporate headquarters in both St. Louis and Chicago, but whose CEO and top officers are located here. April 22, 2009 ST. LOUIS – The 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Week events, from Friday, July 10th through July 14th, will not only bring baseball excitement and economic benefits to the St. Louis region, but will also shine the national and international spotlight on the civic and economic renaissance spreading throughout the City of St. Louis and the bi-state metropolitan area. April 3, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- With the Cardinals projected to again attract approximately three million fans this season, the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) estimates that the economic impact of the 2009 Cardinal season on the St. Louis region will exceed $280 million, according to a just-completed economic impact analysis conducted by the RCGA’s Chief Economist Ruth Sergenian. April 3, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- The 2009 NCAA Women’s Final Four, which includes pre-Tournament events beginning on Saturday, April 4th, and the games on Sunday, April 5th, and Tuesday, April 7th at Scottrade Center, will bring both tangible and intangible benefits to the St. Louis region. April 3, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) is once again partnering this week in New York City with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Music Director and Conductor, Maestro David Robertson, in a national business recruitment and marketing effort --- in conjunction with the Orchestra's performance at New York's famed Carnegie Hall this evening and tomorrow evening, Saturday, April 4th. March 6, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- Danny Ludeman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wachovia Securities LLC, has been named Chairman for Economic Development on the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) Board of Directors, and Chair of the Economic Development Board of Trustees. He succeeds Joe Imbs, Regional Chairman and St. Louis Market President – U.S. Bank, in these roles. March 5, 2009 ST. LOUIS, March 5, 2009 -- The St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) has named Donald G. Meyer, former director of international marketing at Anheuser-Busch, Inc., as its chief marketing officer/vice president, marketing and communications. March 5, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- The 2009 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, which starts today and runs through this Sunday, March 8th, marks the 19th consecutive year that the league championship has been held in St. Louis, and the 15th year in a row at Scottrade Center. January 26, 2009 China’s Ambassador to the United States joined local and state leaders today in announcing the formation of a new partnership here to spearhead and coordinate efforts to make St. Louis a hub for China’s Midwest trade. Officials announced that a working group from St. Louis will head back to Beijing this spring for a second visit to explore closer economic ties. January 7, 2009 The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was awarded a $5.4 million grant this week from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to tackle global health and hunger issues. The funding will help the center secure the approval of African governments to allow field testing of genetically modified, nutritionally fortified crops. |
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