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Atlas Digital Group, the St. Louis-based startup that provides e-commerce software for broadband internet providers, has added to its C-suite.

4M Building Solutions, a St. Louis-based commercial cleaning and janitorial services company, has made an acquisition in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Shevon Harris-Holyfield has returned to the St. Louis-based law firm where she got her start. She also said that she last year married Evander Holyfield, the only professional fighter to win the heavyweight championship four separate times.

State Sen. Karla Eslinger will be Missouri’s next commissioner of education beginning in June, the State Board of Education announced during its meeting Tuesday. The board has met in closed session twice since the last public meeting — in which current Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven revealed her plans to retire at the end of June. The board also began its meeting Tuesday in closed session for an hour. Board President Charlie Shields said the board has used the three closed-door…

Pulling off a successful ballot initiative campaign in Missouri is an undertaking so difficult that one Democratic political consultant compares it to skiing the slalom at the Olympics.  There is a laundry list of deadlines to meet, an army of signature gatherers to hire, a host of legal battles to fight — all with a price tag that can quickly cost millions.  “You’re going downhill at a very fast rate of speed,” said Jack Cardetti, who helped run a number of successful initiative petition…

The 16-nation Copa America soccer tournament will play two games in Kansas City next year, one at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium and one at Children's Mercy Park. The Arrowhead game will feature the U.S. Men's National Team in group stage play.

The nearly $1.9 billion merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines doesn't have the same level of overlap as other recently proposed airline deals — especially at Lambert airport — but there are some airports with competing service. Here's how the merger could shake up flights to Hawaii.

Maryland Heights-based World Wide Technology said Tuesday it plans to invest more than $500 million on artificial intelligence services over the next three years.

Jon Morgan has built a downtown St. Louis company – Ryval Studios – that has become a national player in the sports video production arena. Ryval most recently shot the open video featuring bluesman Marquise Knox, a St. Louis native, that plays before Blues games, hyping the crowd with its homage to the musical roots of the team’s name.

A Hazelwood-based flooring provider is now a division of a Michigan-based flooring company, thanks to a private equity firm.

A local company aspires to transform Alton's riverfront into “the front door” of the nation’s next national park.

A K-12 private school in St. Charles County has converted an office building into its temporary school campus, in a $500,000 project.

Surgical technology manufacturer Corza Medical has opened a multimillion-dollar facility in Fenton.

The University of Missouri said Monday it has already sold out of its allotment of tickets for the upcoming Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, less than a day after being selected for the college football bowl game.

The move represents a combination of two organizations with a common mission.

Brentwood-based Post Holdings Inc. on Monday said it completed its previously announced acquisition of Visalia, California-based Perfection Pet Foods LLC for $235 million, effective Dec. 1.

Illinois is investing another $13 million in its Job Training and Economic Development Program.

The first day was a breeze.  Sean Shannon and Danny Foster walked into several marijuana dispensaries around Missouri with their matching “Union For Cannabis Workers” shirts and talked to employees about the possibility of unionizing. “The first day, there were 57 stops amongst the teams,” said Shannon, lead organizer with UFCW Local 655, which actually stands for United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. “Reception was out-of-this-world positive. Workers were so excited.” Shannon…

The new restaurant will be the local company's ninth. And more are on the drawing board.

The challenges facing Illinois businesses in 2024 — especially in Chicago — will be tough but manageable, says Lou Sandoval, the newly ensconced president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.