With the start of legal recreational marijuana sales fast approaching, local government officials are jockeying for the position to reap sales tax revenues.
When Missouri voters approved changes to the state constitution last fall, they created an option for local governments to assess a 3% sales tax on cannabis. The constitutional amendment only allowed one level of local government to collect the tax, leaving officials in St. Louis County and Manchester to squabble over which municipality would…
The Ferguson-based automation and software firm said it will pursue a buyout of the Austin-based company without nominating a slate of directors for election at the takeover target's upcoming annual meeting, while keeping its bid the same.
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A private equity firm based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has invested in the Midtown-based company, along with its executive leadership and second-generation family owner.
A union representing workers has the two plants said Energizer has plans to close them. The company hasn't publicly disclosed intentions to shut down the facilties.
Attorney Mark Milton, who represents the six plaintiffs, and co-counsel W. Bevis Schock are evaluating whether to seek class-action status for nonresident taxpayers. A previous ruling denied class-action status, but Milton said an option is to ask the state Court of Appeals to reverse that ruling.
The "historic action" by Southwest's pilots union comes less than four weeks after the airline canceled more than 16,000 flights during a holiday operations meltdown in December.
World Wide Technology, the region’s second-largest private company by revenue, has turned to a former Emerson Electric Co. executive to fill a key c-suite post.
The historically black university has appointed Kristy Daniels as director of its Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Brandi Brooks as director of its Minority Entrepreneurship Collaborative Center for Advancement.
The retail chain is one of the most recognizable names in the country, but it's been closing stores for years as it tries to catch up with consumer trends.
Matt LaMartina has fond memories of growing up, riding in the plumbing truck with his father, Tony LaMartina.
“There were the smells and the sound it made as it’s going down the road, full of parts and equipment,” Matt LaMartina recalled.
LaMartina said his father often would tell him: “This business is going to die with me.”
That appeared to be the case for a decade or more, until Matt LaMartina pursued his Master of Business Administration degree at Washington University and decided…
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On the second day of camp in the Ozarks at Wah-Kon-Dah, all of us, all 8 years old, were marched off to the infirmary. We all lined up to be weighed. I was last.
A judge ordered the city of St. Louis to reimburse six employees who had their remote work wages taxed under the city's 1% earnings tax.
In a ruling issued Thursday, a judge ordered the city to refund six workers who had remote work hours taxed under the city's earnings tax, which applies to anyone who lives or works in the city. All six said they conducted the work outside of the boundaries of the city, and therefore shouldn't be taxed.
Four of the six workers requested refunds for hours worked…
A Missouri vintner and entrepreneur was one of 13 individuals chosen to receive the 2023 award from the Horatio Alger Association, a nonprofit membership-based educational organization that has provided more than $245 million in student scholarships since 1984.
The move comes at a time when restauranteurs are embracing change more than ever. "You get a chance to do something different, and everybody’s open to different ideas right now," said co-owner and namesake Steve Ewing.
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