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The Clayton-based supplier of network infrastructure products and services has agreed to a $290 million deal to purchase a provider of networking equipment.

After the special events business screeched nearly to a halt during the Covid-19 pandemic, business has boomed the past few years for Personal Touches by Jeanetta, the special events design, production and event rental company owned by Jeanetta Hawkins, the company’s founder, president and CEO.

A St. Charles produce wholesaler says its pivot during the Covid-19 pandemic has paid off, with top line revenue up 12% last year, to more than $50 million.

Preparing today’s young students to meet our region’s future economic needs has never been more important. New models of education are needed, writes Tom Purcell.

Audacy (NYSE: AUD), the Philadelphia-based parent company of KMOX and five other St. Louis radio stations, laid off local workers last week.

None of the demands Missouri Freedom Caucus members said must be met before they would drop a filibuster against legislation renewing taxes that fund Medicaid were achieved when the group decided to end its resistance a little before 3:30 a.m. Thursday. After a 41-hour-filibuster, the Senate gave initial approval Thursday morning to a bill renewing taxes on hospitals, pharmacies, nursing homes and ambulance services that are essential to Missouri’s Medicaid program. The bill must be approved by…

A manufacturer of drug-delivery devices has named a St. Louis-based operations chief to oversee its global operations as it completes a $100 million expansion of a local facility.

Four gubernatorial nominations to state boards have been withdrawn by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson because of opposition by state Sen. Steve Roberts, the governor’s spokesperson said in an email Wednesday. The email said Roberts, a St. Louis Democrat, had advocated for a paid position for himself on the Public Service Commission and for his father to receive an appointment to the UM Board of Curators. Roberts said in an interview that he didn’t block the candidates because of their resumes but…

An initiative petition campaign that seeks to raise Missouri’s minimum wage delivered over 210,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday afternoon — nearly double the amount needed to make the statewide ballot. It is the first of five initiative petitions the Secretary of State’s Office expects to deliver signatures this week. Petitioners need at least 107,246 signatures to make the ballot. A spokesperson for the Secretary of State said the office expects to complete…

The new executive director of the Wentzville Assembly plant said it is part of the internal combustion engine “pillar” of GM. The other three are electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles and software.

In a message to customers on Tuesday night, Comcast said negotiations with Diamond Sports Group, Bally Sports' parent company, broke down and as a result lost the rights to carry content from all 18 Bally Sports regional channels.

The retailer emerged from bankruptcy without reducing its retail footprint or employee head count.

A locally based web development and digital marketing agency has expanded through a merger with another St. Louis-area marketing firm.

A Business Journal survey suggests that St. Louis' size and status as Missouri's economic engine isn't registering in the minds of outsiders, a circumstance that carries the potential for significant consequences as the region tries to attract jobs and boost population.

An ongoing legal dispute includes details that portray a firm under "extreme duress."

The farm is part of the second phase of construction, begun earlier this year, for Urban League's $40 million redevelopment of a former Sears store into a full-service economic focal point to spur development in the area.

St. Louis Community College plans to continue operating its Center for Plant and Life Sciences from the campus of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis on Tuesday unveiled a brand new facility to help solve our region's food crisis. It's the first and only Urban League in the country to have a greenhouse and hydroponic farm at its headquarters. The project is called George Washington Carver Urban Farming. The Missouri native is regarded as one of the most prominent Black scientists of the early 20th century. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and local leaders gathered Tuesday afternoon for the ribbon cutting. The…

St. Louis County lawmakers on Tuesday allocated $40 million in Rams settlement money for subdivision paving projects.

In an uncertain landscape, Boeing’s recent acquisition of the GKN Aerospace facility in Hazelwood stands as a beacon of hope for American manufacturing, write IAM executives Brian Bryant and Sam Cicinelli.