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Northern Trust Corp. (Nasdaq: NTRS), which next year will mark its 25th year operating in the St. Louis area, has published a 300-page book titled “Secrets of Enterprising Families.”

As vice president and general manager of KMOV-TV, J.D. Sosnoff played a key role in parent Gray Television's decision for the station to leave its longtime location downtown for Maryland Heights. Sosnoff said Gray spent millions of dollars to buy a three-story building in Maryland Heights and renovate it for a state-of-the-art broadcasting and content creation space.

The move out of the city follows a rift with the government's development agency.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against a big fast food franchisee, claiming it hasn't filed federally required forms regarding pay and workforce demographics.

Keith Marty, who has been superintendent of the Parkway School District for 14 years, will retire at the end of the 2024-25 school year.

The combination results in a firm with 31 lawyers that will maintain a full-service offering from offices in St. Louis and Kansas City.

A St. Louis-based provider of industrial equipment and parts for mining, recycling and other industries has added an Oregon-based business to its brand portfolio.

The leading candidates to be Missouri’s next governor disagree on whether the state should offer incentives to keep the Kansas City Chiefs from relocating to Kansas.  On Tuesday, the top Republican lawmakers in Kansas announced that they had reached out to the Chiefs organization to urge the team to consider moving across the state line. To sweeten the deal, the state could consider issuing hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds to finance construction of a new stadium. Gov. Mike Parson,…

Here's how much a private equity firm with ties to St. Louis is paying to buy Oberweis Dairy through a bankruptcy auction, and what it says it has planned for the business.

One of St. Louis’ largest private companies has sold a service center for more than $13 million, after moving the operations elsewhere locally.

Buying or selling a unit in one of St. Louis' largest condominium communities has turned into "a nightmare" after uncertainty over long-term maintenance issues has prompted lenders to take a cautious approach to home loans there.

Latch Inc., a smart security firm that last year relocated its headquarters to St. Louis, next month will launch an app designed to help residential building operators reduce their operating costs and better manage their facilities, while also streamlining various processes for residents.

Forvis and Mazars Group have closed on a deal that sells the Paris-based firm's U.S. unit to Forvis and creates a two-member network with more than $5 billion in combined global revenue.

Of the local companies that made this year's Fortune 500, four rose compared with their ranking last year while two fell on the list.

The St. Louis population is aging rapidly and, if current trends persist, nearly one quarter of the population will be 65 or older in the next 10 years. Some believe the region isn't ready for it.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in 2019 celebrated a commitment by Bayer to add hundreds of jobs to the region in exchange for millions in tax subsidies. Under questioning from the Business Journal, the state now acknowledges that Bayer has quietly withdrew from subsidy programs.

Here's how major U.S. airlines serving St. Louis Lambert International Airport fared in the first quarter when it came to on-time performance, cancellations, mishandled baggage and bumps from flights.

The company attributed the decrease in net income to a decrease in operating income, resulting from higher selling, general and administrative expenses.

Missouri’s Constitution has banned noncitizens from voting since 1924. And state law requires individuals to verify they are a U.S. citizen in order to register to vote.  But GOP lawmakers contend the constitutional and statutory language isn’t strong enough. Instead of saying that “all citizens” can vote, Republicans argue the state constitution should be changed to make it clear that “only citizens” can vote.  So on the final day of the 2024 legislative session last month, the…

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