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A large St. Louis construction company claimed in October that it's out at least $1.5 million due to the actions of a roofing firm it hired.

A Clayton-based gaming startup, which has developed an app described as a “mobile arcade,” has raised $1 million to advance its technology.

A Clayton-based private equity firm has acquired a majority interest in a local company that co-manufactures liquid chemical products.

A California jury on Tuesday ordered Bayer AG to pay $332 million in damages to a former land surveyor who blamed his cancer on his use of its Roundup herbicide, bringing the company it's third trial loss in October.

A St. Louis County judge on Monday granted a temporary restraining order against the city of Maryland Heights, ordering the government not to violate the terms of its lease with the operator of a youth sports complex.

The state rolled back its recall of nearly 15,000 cannabis products last week and allowed them to return to the dispensary shelves, after requiring Missouri companies to keep them in storage since early August. The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation said in an Oct. 20 notice that after a review of product-tracking records, regulators can verify that “some of the marijuana products on recall contain THC solely sourced from marijuana grown in the Missouri regulated market.” The future of…

Greater St. Louis Inc. says success downtown should be measured in milestones rather than metrics, and that real progress should come within the next two years.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” - Charles Darwin How many firms or industries can you name that have been transformed by digital technologies? Some have successfully adapted to survive, but others were not so lucky. Think Blockbuster and the disrupter, Netflix. In fact, the entire video rental and movie industries have been disrupted by Netflix. IBM was a hardware firm and then,…

Businesswoman Zekita Armstrong Asuquo brings a fierce determination to any project she sets her mind to. A St. Louis native and Vashon High School graduate who has held roles in consulting, publishing, and diversity, equity and inclusion, she always knew that she wanted to start her own workforce development agency in her hometown. Asuquo has navigated her own education and career largely on her own, lacking the support of pipeline programs or formal mentorship until joining the Regional Business…

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote ballot titles for six proposals to restore abortion rights that were “replete with politically partisan language,” a Missouri appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday. In an expedited decision issued a day after hearing arguments, a three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals upheld, with only minor revisions, the revised ballot titles written by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem. In a decision by a separate panel, the court upheld the…

Net profit for the quarter rose to $1.47 billion, up from $1.43 billion in the year-ago frame. Revenue rose to $15.57 billion from $15.09 billion, resulting from higher prices and so-called premiumization – emphasizing high-end versions of products – and other revenue management efforts.

A college football game spurred Tari Brown to launch her own startup. Today she is founder of Flair Wear, which sells skirts that feature college teams' logos.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher, accused of stealing from taxpayers, will likely limp into next session as an extremely weak speaker – if he manages to hold on to his job.

The Vatican has agreed to review the appeals made by parishioners of two local parishes that were closed under the St. Louis Archdiocese's "All Things New" restructuring plan and rejected the appeals of two others. The Archdiocese said in a statement Monday that the Dicastery for the Clergy accepted petitions for recourse against decrees related to St. Elizabeth Mother of John the Baptist Parish in St. Louis and Sts. Philip and James Parish in River aux Vases. The All Things New plan consolidates…

A unit of a Creve Coeur-based IT equipment leasing and resale company is expanding with an acquisition in Southeast Asia.

The National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America and Keller Williams will have to pay $1.78 billion in damages after a federal jury in Kansas City found them liable for colluding to inflate or maintain high commission rates.

Gerard Craft’s latest upscale cocktail concept to open later this year makes use of the underground tunnels of City Foundry STL in Midtown.

A Pennsylvania state court jury ordered Bayer AG to pay $175 million in damages to a man who blamed his cancer on its Roundup weedkiller, the first sizable verdict in a Roundup case in four years, according to Bloomberg.

A licensed social worker with 14 years of experience in the government sector has been named St. Louis County's new deputy director of human services.

The superintendent of the largest school district in the St. Louis area was abruptly placed on administrative leave Friday afternoon, according to an internal memo. The Special School District of St. Louis County, which serves nearly 25,000 students, cited an "internal personnel matter" as the reason for Elizabeth Keenan's leave. Jennifer Henry, the district's executive director of communications, confirmed the memo was sent to staff on Friday. She said she could not share any additional "confidential…