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Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) is selling a chain of general practitioner clinics in the United Kingdom to exit Great Britain’s health care system, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

Big corporate names in St. Louis have donated millions to MetroLink's Secure Platform Plan, its $52 million project to control access to platforms across the 46-mile light rail system.

Kent Skornia, Krilogy’s president and CEO, said the firm’s growth – to now $2.4 billion in assets under management – required the experience that new CFO Mark Lewis has in finance, mergers and acquisitions, and growth-oriented projects.

A new state law allowing residents to access physical therapy without a referral took effect Monday.

Capacity, the St. Louis-based artificial intelligence software company led by serial entrepreneur and former Answers CEO David Karandish, for the second time this year has acquired another local startup. It also announced a deal to purchase a San Diego-based speech and voice technology provider.

Gov. Mike Parson signed the Show Mo Act into law Tuesday at the brand-new Gateway Studios, under construction in Chesterfield. The people who worked hard on this bill say it's been roughly 10 years in the making and will make a difference for entertainment in Missouri. It will give tax credits to entertainment companies who choose to perform, make movies or shows or even build studios here. “When the NFL draft was in our state, $164 million in one day. I mean, those are the kinds of investments…

Devastating flooding hit the area one year ago and now three St. Louis County communities will receive millions in funding from FEMA. University City was one of those cities with dozens of homes condemned as a result of the July 2022 flooding. Now they're receiving $3.2 million in federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fix some of the issues. "It's just one step in the process and we hope there's several more down the road," said John Wagner. Wagner serves as…

The defamation lawsuit marks some of the first statements about the controversy by Tim Eby, who in 2020 was fired as St. Louis Public Radio's leader after an anonymous post by staffers who complained of unfair treatment.

An Arkansas-based cannabis firm in a recently filed lawsuit is alleging that a Missouri cannabis product manufacturer sold it cannabis that it knew couldn’t be used in the state.

The plan is for the five officials to eventually take an ownership share in the company as part of a long-term succession plan.

A new lawsuit seeks class-action status for former employees of a shuttered hospital in south St. Louis, alleging that its owners violated federal law by failing to file notice of the facility's closure.

Joe Martinez had always declined offers from out-of-state firms looking to acquire Dallas-based Phlox Capital Management. Things changed when he listened to a podcast earlier this year and heard Krilogy CEO Kent Skornia speak.

Penny Pennington says she’ll never be replaced by artificial intelligence – nor will her network of financial advisors at Edward Jones.

A Mexican restaurant and retail counter is getting ready to open in St. Louis’ Southampton neighborhood, as El Molino del Sureste will open Saturday, Sept. 9, at 5005 S. Kingshighway Blvd.

A bank board member whose seat was eliminated before its CEO was fired says she would've asked more questions before any move to dismiss him.

St. Louis mortgage technology startup OptiFunder found itself near the top of the 2023 Inc. 5000 list, with revenue growth from 2019 to 2022 of 4,767%. It expects continued growth, despite headwinds in the mortgage industry, believing its technology can help customers save costs.

The St. Charles County Council on Monday voted down a proposal for a massive housing development along Highway DD. The council was met with loud applause by those in attendance when it voted unanimously during its regular meeting not to approve plans for the controversial 299-acre Tall Tree development in unincorporated St. Charles County. The development, which would have bordered the Busch Wildlife Conservation Area and Broemmelsiek Park, faced pushback from many local residents; on two occasions,…

A more than century-old hiring practice in the city of St. Louis came to an end Monday, and Mayor Tishaura Jones hopes it will help fill the city’s more than 700 vacancies. Since the city’s charter passed in 1914, if you wanted to work for the city, you had to live in the city. The legislature changed that, and the residency requirement was permanently lifted Monday. Jones marked the moment with a press conference flanked by city employees to encourage people to apply for city jobs – giving…

A third-generation family-owned roofing business in St. Louis has joined the portfolio of a local holding company.

Boeing is seeking a 50% real property tax abatement over 10 years for each building included in the project and a personal property tax abatement for the same percentage and number of years. The value of the tax break would be $155 million to Boeing.