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Smurfit-Stone
9:29 am
Mon January 24, 2011

Smurfit-Stone to be acquired by RockTenn for $3.5 billion

The Smurfit-Stone building in downtown Chicago, a well-known fixture of the city's skyline. Smurfit-Stone, headquartered in Chicago and Creve Coeur, Mo. will be acquired by RockTenn of Norcross, Ga. (via Flickr/Chronochaser)
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UPDATE: 3:30 p.m. Jan. 24, 2011

The St. Louis Business Journal reports that Smurfit-Stone will lose its dual headquarters of in Creve Coeur, Mo. and Chicago when it is acquired by RockTenn.

The new combined company will be based out of RockTenn’s headquarters in Norcross, Ga., the Business Journal reports.

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Ford
6:33 pm
Tue January 18, 2011

Ford to expand Claycomo plant near Kansas City, keep jobs there

Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon (R), on Jan. 18, 2010, discusses the agreement that states the Ford Motor Company will invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next two years to produce a new line of vehicles at its Claycomo, Mo. plant. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
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A report by Dan Verbeck, KCUR

Workers at the Ford plant in suburban Kansas City received good news today from the automaker and Missouri's governor.

The number of full-time jobs will hold steady and the plant will make a $400 million expansion with help from the state.

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