CK Power Products in Ferguson, one of the Metro areas largest dealers of power generators, says its revenues have tripled in the past five years. The main growth in backup power is coming from companies that provide the computer foundation for Internet businesses. Adam's Mark sues historians group that moved conference. The Adam's Mark hotel chain is suing the Organization of American Historians, which pulled its annual meeting from a downtown St. Louis hotel after learning the hotel chain had been charged with discrimination. The hotel says it lost business from the organization's departure.
Fruit fly research expands.
The University of Missouri - Kansas City has been selected as one of 50 regional research centers nationwide to participate in the Drosophila Genome Project. The project, which involves the mapping of the fruit fly genome, could lead to new information on the cause of human diseases. Employers eager for students. With unemployment in Springfield at a 25 year low, employers are looking forward to the return of students to area colleges. Last year the Student Employment Services office at Southwest Missouri State University had about 1,000 students apply for jobs, and still had more jobs than people to fill them.