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Six giant Silicon Valley tech companies - Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp., Intuit Inc. and Pixar, have settled a Department of Justice complaint that they entered into agreements barring the companies from poaching each others' employees.
The settlement, if approved by a judge, would resolve a civil antitrust complaint that the DOJ's […]

A University of Missouri researcher has won one of this year's 10 Heinz Awards, which are each worth $100,000, for his research on the link between health problems and common chemicals used in every day consumer products.
Building upon his career in reproductive biology, Frederick vom Saal, a professor of biological sciences, discovered unexpected health problems […]

Heartland Woodcraft on Friday paid $1.75 million for a 105,000-square-foot West Bend building where the company will set up its plant.
The building at 529 N. River Road is the former home of Milliken Millwork, which closed its Wisconsin operations in July 2009 and left the building vacant.
The building was already a wood-working plant, so it […]

Nokia’s stock rallied Friday after the Finnish mobile phone maker said it was replacing its chief executive with an executive from Microsoft Corp.
Nokia’s board of directors said it hired Stephen Elop for the position of president and CEO. Currently the head of Microsoft’s (MSFT, Fortune 500) business division, Elop is scheduled to begin his […]

Telestream, the Nevada City-based developer of broadcast media technology, announced Friday it completed its acquisition of Dulles, Va.-based Anystream, a subsidiary of Grab Network.
Telestream will retain all 30 employees of Anystream, and it will open a new office in the Dulles area to service the East Coast for Anystream’s customers and those of Telestream.
Anystream provides […]

President Barack Obama proposed spending $50 billion on infrastructure projects in an effort to spur job creation during his speech at Laborfest in Milwaukee.
The six-year program would include rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads, 150 miles of airport runways and either building or refurbishing 4,000 miles of railroad. The infrastructure plan would not increase the national […]

Alabama Power Co. was named to an annual list of top utilities in economic development by Site Selection magazine.
The publication picked 10 winners for the distinction based on capital investment, job creation, capital investment per capita and jobs per 10,000 in population, as well as innovative programs and services, said a news release.
In 2009, said […]