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A family-owned, 87-year-old Metro East tent company has new majority ownership.

Edward Jones has entered a $17 million settlement with 14 state securities regulators.

The brewer said its lease at the location has come to an end.

The company said “changes in our operations at the site” necessitate the downsizing.

Artificial intelligence models from Chinese company DeepSeek have risen to the global top 10 in performance, the Wall Street Journal reports, suggesting Washington’s export curbs are having difficulty blocking rapid advances in China. On Jan. 20, DeepSeek introduced R1, a specialized model designed for complex problem-solving. "DeepSeek R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs I’ve ever seen,” said VC Marc Andreessen in an X post on Friday. DeepSeek’s advances sparked a…

Advantage Capital, a St. Louis-based venture capital investment firm, has made an investment supporting an entrepreneur's acquisition of a controlling sake in an Ohio-based equipment manufacturer serving the steel-making industry.

The developers behind a 30-story, $145 million apartment tower at a prominent intersection in the Central West End say construction on the project, first unveiled in 2022, will begin this summer.

Mayor Tishaura Jones on Monday announced the replacement for former St. Louis City Justice Center Commissioner Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah, who was f in December. During Clemons-Abdullah's three-year tenure, the number of inmate deaths only went up, and health concerns inside the jail grew amid shifts between health care providers. Doug Burris, who the city recently hired as a consultant to assess the jail and provide recommendations for improvement, will act as interim commissioner as the city continues…

This time last year, the Missouri Senate was barely functioning. Members of the Freedom Caucus, a renegade group of GOP senators who’ve been at war with party leadership for years, used procedural hijinks to grind the chamber to a halt almost daily.  In retaliation, Senate leaders stripped committee assignments from Freedom Caucus members — and even mused publicly about expelling a caucus leader from the chamber.  The legislative session limped to a close four months later with fewer…

Emerson Electric, the St. Louis-based industrial technology and software company, has reached a $7 billion deal to buy the rest of industrial software company Aspen Technology Inc. that it doesn't already own.

St. Louis County has settled a lawsuit stemming from discrimination claims by a former employee in the county prosecuting attorney's office.

An activist shareholder is planning a proxy battle at U.S. Steel to force the end of the controversial $14.9 billion acquisition by Nippon Steel, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday.

Azimuth Renewables, a Clayton-based solar energy development company, has filled the newly created role of chief financial officer as it prepares for growth.

This Central West End coffee shop will close its doors in February.

Kansas City-based Spencer Fane LLP has added another partner from Armstrong Teasdale LLP to its Clayton office.

A representative of the credit card giant says it needs the solar farm to help meet a "net zero" carbon emissions goal.

A bakery-cafe is moving its longtime location in the Shaw neighborhood to a new space as it’s opening a second store in Midtown.

Less than a month into office, St. Louis County Prosecutor Melissa Price Smith announced Friday she reached a settlement in a nepotism case filed by her predecessor Wesley Bell. As part of the agreement, Price Smith dismissed a lawsuit against Councilman Dennis Hancock, who was accused of nepotism for hiring his stepdaughter. The county executive's staff estimated a protracted legal battle might have cost up to $100,000, which would have been paid for by taxpayers. In return, Hancock agreed to…

With a bad initial message and ice on roads weeks after a snowstorm, Mayor Tishaura Jones' grip on her office seems to be slipping.

Even as a move to regulate pharmacy benefit managers like Express Scripts gets bipartisan support in Congress, a Missouri effort faces an uphill battle in part due to intense pressure from industry lobbyists.