St. Louis’ largest health system, BJC HealthCare, plans to merge with Kansas City’s second-largest, Saint Luke’s Health System, uniting more than 28 hospitals on both sides of Missouri by the end of this year.
The merger, which would span markets 250 miles apart and include facilities in neighboring Kansas and Illinois, is just one of the latest in a quickly consolidating hospital industry. Cross-market deals accounted for more than half of all hospital mergers and acquisitions during the…
A member of a downtown group writes that homeless bills being considered by St. Louis lawmakers will perpetuate failed policies, trampling the rights of city neighborhoods and generating "a flood of homelessness into the city."
If you own a successful privately held business, then it is likely you have received a call from a private equity firm telling you they have specifically targeted you and want to buy your business.
You have heard now is a good or even great time to sell. The price they offer seems reasonable or even good. They tell you they pay cash and can get it done quietly. “It will be quick, easy and fast. No need to shop the deal or talk to your lawyer, of course. We do this all of the time.” What should…
Color Art, one of the St. Louis region's largest office furniture dealers, has promoted a new CEO for both Color Art and its sister company Scott Rice in Kansas City.
Deko Devins began working at Fenton-based Azimuth Energy as an intern while attending Washington University. At 28 years old, he's now leading the company and has become its largest shareholder.
The Board of Aldermen gave its final approval Friday to the ground lease and development agreement with The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), setting the stage for the defense contractor to compete for the next generation of fighter jets.
One keeps thinking that with all of the vast information so available today we’d be getting smarter, but in some instances, we just seem to be getting dumber.
Kevin King said he's no longer practicing law full-time as he steps into the bank CEO role, but made a call to a lawyer in the Edmonds dispute because it was a family matter.
The Austin, Texas-based company, known for its cowboy boots and Western-style apparel, has grown from an e-commerce operation to its current 30 brick-and-mortar stores.
Bayer AG has won its ninth consecutive victory in Roundup trials as St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Brian May on Thursday granted the company’s motion for a directed verdict in a lawsuit filed by a Kansas man.
In the first major announcement by ezCater since its CEO transition over the summer, the corporate catering marketplace struck a deal with St. Louis-based Panera Bread.
A law requiring cities to cover costs of damages when individual officers are found liable in police misconduct cases should be thrown out because it illegally imposes new duties and expenses on local governments, lawyers for St. Louis argued to the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday.
In defense of the law, Assistant Attorney General Jason Lewis told the judges that the challenge denied by a Cole County judge was fatally flawed because one plaintiff is a city employee and St. Louis hadn’t identified…
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