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Officials dedicated the $130 million Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Thursday, cutting the ribbon on the second full-scale kids’ hospital in the metro area.
The 53-bed, […]

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Stocks closed modestly lower Thursday but recouped earlier losses, as investors digested an unexpected rise in jobless claims and Cisco Systems’ cautious outlook.
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Albany Molecular Research Inc. has bought a drug manufacturing company in Massachusetts for $27 million, in a deal announced Tuesday.
AMRI (Nasdaq: AMRI), headquartered in Albany, […]

P. Robert Moya is retiring from Apollo Group Inc. as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, according to an 8-K statement with the U.S. […]

An exceptionally cold winter in the Carolinas and Florida helped to heat up Progress Energy’s first-quarter earnings, the Raleigh-based utility operator said Wednesday.
Progress (NYSE: PGN), […]

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Late last month, we put this question before our readers: "Can St. Louis Compete?"
In a series of stories and columns, […]

The Bamboo Club, Eddie V’s, Four Peaks Brewing and Roka Akor are among more than 50 restaurants expected to participate at the Taste 2010 event.
The […]

Edward M. “Coots” Matthews, co-founder of Boots & Coots Inc., passed away on March 31, the company said Thursday. He was 86 years old.
“Boots & […]

Plaxo Inc. CEO Ben Golub said Thursday that he is leaving the company he has run for the past five years, being replaced by Justin […]

Austinites area waiting even longer to file taxes this year, moving from the nation's 11th most procrastinating to the fourth, according to Intuit Inc.
Taxpayers have […]