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The St. Louis-based artificial intelligence software company led by serial entrepreneur David Karandish has acquired two businesses that it says expands its capabilities to serve contact centers.

The state of Missouri has listed the Wainwright State Office Building for sale as it moves forward with plans to relocate 400 workers from the historic downtown building.

The Maryland Heights-based public company will expand north with its acquisition of the Canada-based distributor of water and wastewater products.

The first basketball courts built at Forest Park are now open.

A big St. Louis-based financial services firm is exiting Baltimore's central business district for the city's waterfront as its downtown vacancy crisis continues to grow.

A Chesterfield-based provider of software and consulting for the health care industry has landed a revenue-based financing deal.

The former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion at a big Clayton law firm has sued, alleging it discriminated and retaliated against her based on race, sex and disability.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Monday he doesn’t think the Kansas City Chiefs want to leave Arrowhead Stadium for Kansas, though he acknowledged he hasn’t actually talked to the team’s owners. Speaking to reporters after a bill signing in Kansas City, Parson said he thought the reigning Super Bowl champion wasn’t that interested in building a new domed football stadium. “I think they really want Arrowhead to stay,” Parson said. “I think it’s a unique arena.” Parson’s remarks…

When Crystal Quade and Mike Hamra traveled to the Democratic Governors Association Conference in Minneapolis last month, they came with their stump speeches ready.  Yet before they could push their own platforms as gubernatorial candidates, they had to convince people that a Democrat from Missouri was worth paying attention to.  “Folks are excited about Missouri being back on the map,” said Quade, a Springfield Democrat and state House minority leader, about the conference attendees. “As…

Construction crews began work Monday night on an ambitious $2.8 billion project that will expand Interstate 70 to three lanes across Missouri. Crews are first tackling a stretch from Route J at Millersburg to Route M at Hatton, 7 miles of a 20-mile section that will ultimately add a third lane in each direction from Columbia to Kingdom City. The overnight schedule is designed to minimize traffic disruptions as the highway work progresses from the center of the state to other portions at the east…

The Ladue-based manufacturer has agreed to acquire the Long Island, New York-based Signature Management & Power business of Ultra Maritime for $550 million.

A St. Louis judge on Friday determined Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has no right to access unredacted private health information of transgender children treated at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Joseph Whyte ruled that Washington University does not have to provide the unredacted medical records sought by the attorney general’s office as part of his investigation into the clinic’s practices. Whyte found…

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is reviewing its strategy and operations in downtown St. Louis after shootings that left seven injured during the 4th of July holiday.

The Maryland Heights-based distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products has hired a new executive amid several changes to its leadership team.

The Boeing Co. is in discussions with the U.S. Department of Defense to preserve its government contract business in the wake of the aerospace giant agreeing to plead guilty to a criminal charge in connection with two fatal crashes, two media outlets reported Monday.

A longtime Bayer executive who had been based in St. Louis with the company's Crop Science business has been hired by a manufacturer as its next COO.

The building's owner took on a new joint venture partner as part of the refinancing deal.

Patrick "Pops" Garrett parlayed a love for bourbon into two successful businesses — a blog, Bourbon and Banter, and a tasting company, Drink Curious, which runs 200 tasting events a year.

Our state is creating a hostile environment for anyone who is different, forcing us to choose between the place we call home and our basic rights and dignity, writes Logan Casey.

The Fenton-based provider of events management and incentive programs has expanded with an acquisition.