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A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis tax preparer to 46 months in prison for filing false returns that caused an estimated tax loss of $2.5 million.

A federal judge on Friday sentenced the former CFO of a St. Louis County company to 41 months in prison for embezzling $2 million.

St. Louis Cardinals fans likely will be able to catch next season's games on Prime Video.

The city of St. Louis' TIF Commission gave its backing Wednesday for tax increment financing for Washington University’s $95 million redevelopment of the former Goodwill Building in the Cortex Innovation District.

The holiday season officially arrived in St. Louis when Anheuser-Busch relit its iconic "flying eagle" sign along Interstate 64. A historic St. Louis landmark, the sign began flapping its wings at sundown Tuesday. The sign has flown high above the city since 1962, according to the sign's "keeper," the Federal Heath Sign Co., which owns the building where the sign was installed. Designed by Disney animator Byron Rabbit, the sign was built in 1953 by ArtKraft Strauss in New York and originally installed…

Spirit Airlines is reportedly in discussions about a potential bankruptcy plan following recent challenges with merger and debt negotiations.

The St. Louis-based tutoring technology company said it is considering alternatives, including a reverse stock split, to return to compliance with the stock exchange's $1-minimum-share-price rule.

An international investment trust has refinanced a large office building portfolio that includes a key downtown Clayton office tower.

A steakhouse franchise location in Chesterfield has hired a new general manager with experience as a restaurant owner as well as having held leadership roles in the hospitality industry.

Architecture firm HOK said Wednesday it will relocate its office within downtown St. Louis.

For a few hours on Wednesday, Republican Andrew Bailey was considered among the frontrunners to be nominated as President-elect Donald Trump’s next U.S. attorney general. Just a week after winning his first full term as Missouri attorney general, Bailey reportedly spent time with Trump at Mar-a-Lago interviewing for the job, according to numerous sources close to the attorney general and multiple media reports. But by Wednesday afternoon, Trump made his choice official, and it wasn’t Bailey.…

Just nine months after Schnuck Markets instituted a controversial new policy across each of its stores, the St. Louis-area grocer appears to have lightly loosened the policy. Shoppers who visited Schnucks over the past week may have noticed a change to the signs surrounding the stores' self-checkout areas. Multiple people in the St. Louis subreddit posted pictures of the signs that once warned customers that they could only self-checkout 10 items or less changed to 15 items or less, some with a…

If you walked past one of The Hill's beloved delis Tuesday, it may have looked a little different. It's being transformed into part of the set for "Spaghetti Wars," a new food competition TV series being filmed in the neighborhood. Local showrunners are taking advantage of Missouri's tax incentive to make their dream production in their backyard. Showrunner and director Tim Breitbach moved to Southampton 18 years ago from California, bringing his entertainment work closer to home. "We love…

A St. Louis-based marketing firm has expanded with an acquisition in the Northeast.

The St. Louis County counselor said Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey ignored the part of the Missouri Constitution that gives St. Louis County the power to pick its own replacement for Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell.

There are new signs that the state of downtown – with numerous corporate exits over years – is leading to tension between City Hall and the private sector.

The spending plan, unveiled Tuesday, sets up a showdown between some lawmakers and the board president, who favors creating an endowment with the money.

The school has already raised a significant amount of funds necessary for the project, but is going public with its campaign to get the rest of what it needs.

The company continues to slash expenses as it shifts to an "asset-light" model focused on licensing its ingredient technology to big growers.

The international law firm of BCLP has elected 24 new partners for 2025 that includes five new ones in St. Louis.