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A vacant former headquarters building for Express Scripts, constructed in 2014, is being auctioned.

Webster University paid ex-Chancellor Beth Stroble $600,000 as part of an early-retirement deal, but the school says it saved money since she gave up some retirement funds and it didn't have to pay Stroble's salary through the end of her contract.

Penny Pennington stressed that the company over the decades has evolved to serve its clients. But she also made it clear that change is in the air.

Developer AHM Group plans to move forward with a south St. Louis apartment project after it received approval to demolish three buildings where the project is proposed.

Cara Spencer on Tuesday was sworn in as St. Louis' 48th mayor, in a ceremony at City Hall's rotunda.

Washington University said it will pause two major construction projects due to "uncertainties regarding federal funding," a move the university said last month it was considering in addition to hiking tuition and cutting costs.

A St. Louis-area brokerage and investment management firm has been sold to a big Texas brokerage.

Tina Pamintuan is leaving to take a leadership role at a larger public radio station elsewhere in the country. SLPR is in the middle of transitioning into a stand-alone nonprofit after years of being governed by the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Business group Greater St. Louis Inc. said last week it's hired an executive search firm to find a replacement for former CEO Jason Hall, after he left for a new job in Columbus, Ohio, in January.

Missouri cannabis regulators on Monday officially revoked another 25 facility licenses in a program designed to benefit disadvantaged business owners but plagued by allegations of predatory practices. Of the 96 microbusiness licenses issued by the state through a lottery since the program’s inception in 2023, regulators have revoked 34. Two were revoked for having a disqualifying felony offense on the owners’ record. The rest were for failing to show that the microbusiness licenses would…

A bill that would give the Missouri Attorney General the authority to appeal judges’ decisions to temporarily block state law and change how ballot measures are written and certified was sent to the governor Monday. The House gave final approval to the bill in a 109-46 vote, with Democrats calling the legislation a “power grab” that targets a Jackson County judge’s temporary hold on the state’s strictest abortion regulations which opened the door for Missouri clinics to resume surgical…

Holy Toledo! This has been a couple of weeks to remember, either a week of taking a step toward an abyss or a second week of hopefully real progress. Who knows.

Telecommunications giant AT&T has sold a downtown St. Louis office tower as part of a broader transaction aimed at reducing its real estate footprint nationwide.

The company and a bankruptcy court trustee have different approaches for protecting consumers' DNA information. The two sides will square off in a hearing this month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in St. Louis.

Is your hiring strategy setting your business up for long-term success? In today's competitive market, the wrong approach could cost you top talent and your competitive edge. But how confident are you that your current hiring practices truly identify the best candidates? New research reveals that traditional hiring methods may cost businesses their most valuable asset: future leaders. Cognitive ability has been considered the gold standard for predicting job performance for decades. Yet, recent…

The generational transition, when leadership and ownership are passed from one generation to the next, is one of the most challenging and complex processes family businesses face. Yet, few manage it appropriately. Both the “hard side” (financial, legal, estate and tax aspects of transition) and the “soft side” (human and emotional aspects) need to be addressed. Many organizations focus almost exclusively on the hard side, but ignoring the soft side is at the root of the demise of many family…

Executives and business leaders often wrestle with a common question: Why does Gen Z's approach to work feel so different? A frequent concern we hear is, "This generation doesn't have the same drive. They expect instant feedback, high salaries and work-life balance but don't want to put in the long hours we did at their age." But are they really less driven, or are they responding to a different reality? The truth is that Gen Z is not wired differently when it comes to their basic motivations or…

A grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences paid for much of the efforts to digitize statements from Holocaust survivors.

A Franklin County company that launched using technology from The Boeing Co. has been acquired by a Maryland-based defense contractor.

NISA said the addition of the quantitative equity strategy is a natural extension of the firm’s investing platform, which currently manages client portfolios including investment-grade fixed income, derivative overlay and an existing $16-plus billion direct indexing equity strategy.