The St. Louis Business Journal on Thursday celebrated the winners of the Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards for 2023 with a luncheon at the Union Station Hotel.
St.LouisCIO has announced the finalists for its 2023 St. Louis ORBIE Awards. The St. Louis ORBIE Awards honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. With support from St. Louis Business Journal, St.LouisCIO will honor the CIOs who are driving innovation and transforming St. Louis’ leading organizations.
The 2023 St. Louis ORBIE Awards event is scheduled for Dec. 8 at The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel.
The finalists were named in the following…
A big-box store in St. Louis County is being torn down after sitting vacant for nearly six years. Here's why the owner decided to demolish the property now.
A Missouri-based agricultural giant is helping fuel rapid deforestation in Brazil’s eastern savanna, a report by environmental activists claims.
Bunge Ltd., headquartered in Chesterfield, is the world’s largest soybean producer and sells the overwhelming majority of inputs to Brazilian soy farmers.
The report, released Tuesday by a trio of environmental and human rights groups, says Bunge’s near-monopoly hold over financing soy producers in parts of Brazil — a characterization that the…
Valerie Rudy-Valli, vice president of major gifts at Great Rivers Greenway, is working on the campaign to raise $245 million for the Brickline Greenway, which is to connect Fairground Park, Forest Park, Tower Grove Park and the Gateway Arch.
The opening of the first phase of a redeveloped vacant strip mall in North County is the culmination of a nearly 10-year effort by the leaders of the nonprofit group Refuge and Restoration. Construction on the second phase of the $18 million-to-$20 million project is expected to begin later this year.
Nearly 4,000 United Auto Workers union members in Wentzville could go out on strike at 11 p.m. Thursday if a contract is not reached by union officials negotiating with Big 3 automakers in Detroit.
If there is a strike, UAW Local 2250 members have a list of things to do when the deadline passes. They include third shift shutting equipment down, setting up pickets at plant gates and assembling kitchen duty to help process food for members' families.
At the GM Wentzville Assembly Center, a replica…
Gov. Mike Parson prevailed on all his vetoes Wednesday when the state Senate refused to consider any of the 14 budget overrides approved by the Missouri House.
The House achieved two-thirds votes to override vetoes on 10 budget lines providing raises for the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Capitol Police Department. The other successful override votes were on lines that provided funds to Task Force 1, an urban search and rescue team headquartered in Boone County; recruitment incentives for…
For more than 24 hours, the region’s largest criminal justice database system was offline, making it difficult for police officers, jails and other law enforcement agencies to operate throughout the St. Louis area.
The Regional Justice Information Service, also known as REJIS, experienced a “security incident,” at about 3 p.m. Monday, and was turned off into Tuesday afternoon, said REJIS CEO Ryan Burckhardt. On Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the company confirmed that service was restored.
“We…
Envision LLC, a well-established nationwide IT Staffing and recruiting company with a 40-year legacy, is pleased to unveil its new artificial intelligence (AI) practice emphasizing business intelligence and machine learning. This strategic move aims to enhance employee productivity and optimize company processes effectively.
Key IT skillsets at the forefront of Envision's focus include:
Machine learning engineers.
Data scientists.
Robotic scientists and robotics engineers.
Business intelligence…
Representing Bayer, attorney James Bennett said 95% of non-Hodgkins' lymphoma is caused by “our natural body processes” of cell replication. He cited research by Cristian Tomasetti, the director of the Center for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection at City of Hope, a Los Angeles area cancer center. Tomasetti is set to testify for the defendant.
Wells Fargo & Co.'s CFO says he's personally assessing some of the bank's commercial real estate loans, property by property. "Where are the risks, are we getting ahead of it?” he asks.
Stadia Ventures has paused running its own startup accelerator program as it shifts to providing innovation services for companies. The St. Louis-based venture capital firm has created a new business segment co-founder Art Chou said involves providing “innovation as a service” for clients in the sports industry.
The biggest law firm in St. Louis, based on number of local licensed attorneys, on Wednesday named its next chair as part of a planned leadership transition.
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