A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel has ordered St. Louis-based Stifel Financial Corp.'s (NYSE: SF) broker-dealer unit to pay over $14.2 million to Florida investors who alleged the firm failed to supervise a broker who recommended complex securities known as structured notes.
The deal includes selling a stake to a Cleveland-based auto technology company as well as capital from a high-profile St. Louis-area investor and the CEO of a local tech company.
Jamie Rivers is co-host of the "Fast Lane," the afternoon sports talk show on ESPN radio 101. In 2023, he became the full-time TV analyst for Blues broadcasts on Bally Sports Midwest. He's the owner of Synergy Hockey, which is marking its 10th anniversary this year.
A major change is underway at the FBI St. Louis field office where for the first time in history there is a female special agent in charge.
She worked for years as a parole officer, and saw the other side of policing, long before she became the first female leader of the St. Louis Field Office. Johnson was named to the post last month, succeeding Jay Greenberg.
After 17 years on the job, including postings in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C., Johnson has learned one thing.
“The mission…
Business group Greater St. Louis Inc. on Monday released a poll of city voters showing they support its plan for spending the government's portion of the Rams settlement money.
(The Center Square) – With another neighboring state considering legalizing sports betting, Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t see any adverse effects on Illinois' sports betting industry.
Next month, voters in Missouri will decide whether to legalize sports betting. DraftKings recently contributed another $5 million in efforts to legalize online sports betting in Missouri.
Pritzker included a hefty tax hike for sports betting companies in his latest Illinois budget, and some were worried that the…
An index of St. Louis-area publicly traded stocks continues to lag behind national indices, but the gap has narrowed somewhat. Here are the winners and losers.
Construction has started on a project to add streetscape improvements to Seventh Street, with a goal of better connecting Ballpark Village to the America’s Center convention center in downtown St. Louis.
Just seven years after opening its doors in O'Fallon, Illinois, administrators at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital are looking to expand.
“We’ve outgrown our hospital,” HSHS St. Elizabeth’s CEO Chris Clay told an O'Fallon City Council committee last week.
For an example of how busy the hospital has gotten, Clay said people should look no further than the ER.
“Prior to moving to O’Fallon, we averaged 70 encounters a day in the emergency department,” Clay said. “Today, we average…
Obtaining a patent for your invention requires capital, and for many startups, that initial capital is extremely valuable. At the early stages, especially pre-revenue, there are always more projected expenses than the pool of resources can handle. But, in the competitive landscape of startups, securing a patent can significantly enhance your company’s value. So, when is it strategically wise to allocate some of that capital into your intellectual property? If your company relies on an invention…
Potter Global Technologies, which manufactures fire and life safety equipment and emergency communications products, has hired a former leader of a St. Louis-area public company as its new chief executive.