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The St. Louis company said it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a Rogers, Minnesota-based developer and manufacturer of catheters used in heart procedures.

The franchise development group said it is looking for locations based on real estate opportunities and isn't targeting specific communities.

For the second year in a row, the fate of a bill creating new child care tax credits — one of Gov. Mike Parson’s top legislative priorities — is in the hands of a faction of Republicans in the Missouri Senate. Designed to help improve access and affordability of child care, the package of child care tax credits has received bipartisan support and was the first bill approved by the House this year. But that bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Brenda Shields of St. Joseph, stalled in…

The firm's first fund is currently ranked No. 1 by investment research firm Pitchbook for distributed to paid-in capital (DPI), a measure of cash returns to a fund’s investors, for early-stage venture funds that launched in 2015.

A Town & Country-based health care consulting business has chosen its new president and CEO from within.

The university will host a St. Louis-based nonprofit group that will offer an 11-week course to help community-based nonprofits grow as they confront increased demand for services and tighter budgets.

The St. Louis-based health system said it is "making progress" in restoring systems taken down by what it now calls a "ransomware incident" it discovered last week.

When the final budget votes were over Friday and the constitutional deadline was met, Missouri House Republicans crowed about holding the line on spending while Democrats accused the GOP of failing the state’s most vulnerable citizens. A budget process that had the least public input in years — with just a pro-forma public hearing in the House and no calls for public testimony by Senate budget writers — left no one pleased with the process. But House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith said…

Washington University is seeking contractors for its $26 million expansion of a prominent historic building in the Cortex Innovation District that will create a new business incubator.

The new subdivision would consist of 39 houses, according to plans filed by the builder.

The St. Louis-based Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), a NCAA Division I athletic league, is set to lose one of its most prominent members.

St. Louis Inno is accepting nominations for its annual Fire Awards, with several new categories included in this year's program to focus on celebrating the full life cycle of startups and innovation. Nominations are due June 1. The Fire Awards are St. Louis Inno’s premier recognition program, honoring the companies and organizations setting the local innovation economy ablaze. This will mark the third year in which St. Louis Inno has staged its Fire Awards. Previous honorees have included startups,…

The grocery chain's natural foods concept, which heavily focused on organic, local and specialty items, operated two locations, one of which will close.

Legal assistance includes forming a business, drafting operating agreements, reviewing commercial leases, handling employee agreements and applying for trademarks and copyrights.

A "cybersecurity incident" at St. Louis-based health system Ascension has taken down its electronic health records, MyChart patient portal and some systems used to order certain procedures and medications, the nonprofit said late Thursday.

A new $60 million mixed-use apartment development by Saint Louis University has started moving in residents, while the Target store on its ground floor has set an opening date.

The Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur programming arm of Saint Louis University’s Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, has selected four companies for a new accelerator program it’s launched.

Patty Hagen, the longtime executive director of downtown St. Louis’ T-Rex entrepreneurship and innovation center, died suddenly Tuesday. Hired as the organization's first executive director in 2014, she became a key figure in St. Louis’ startup and innovation sectors during her decade in the role.

The foundation, which administered the event, said the funding will go to support nearly 1,000 participating nonprofits across the St. Louis region.

It’s been “really tough” to be a small-business owner this year, owner Abigail Niebling said.