WellSky buys Health Care Software Inc. Lenexa, Kansas health care technology company WellSky has acquired New Jersey-based Health Care Software Inc. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Health Care Software is a provider of clinical and financial IT software for…
Month: February 2019
Daily update: ZAF Energy expansion, State of Entrepreneurship, Mercy in the news, and more
ZAF Energy to triple workforce after investment by Michigan company Joplin-based ZAF Energy Systems has received an investment that will allow the company to significantly increase its workforce and production of batteries. Randy Moore, president and CEO of ZAF, declined…
Daily update: Windstream, tech talent, Merrill Lynch, Mayor Krewson in the news, and more
Windstream files for bankruptcy Telecom company Windstream filed for bankruptcy Monday. Its subsidiary Windstream Missouri provides phone, internet and television services primarily to consumers and small- and medium-sized businesses in portions of rural Missouri and 17 other states. Kirkland &…
Daily update: Schilli Corp., Missouri-American Water, Lion’s Choice in the news, and more
Trucking company Schilli Corp. acquired by Canadian giant St. Louis-based Schilli Corp., has been acquired by a subsidiary of TFI International Inc. of Montreal, Canada. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. TFI International (TSX: TFII, OTCQX: TFIFF) is a North…
Daily update: Stifel, Dental clinic fraud, Armstrong Teasdale in the news and more
Braswell Elected Managing Partner of Armstrong Teasdale Armstrong Teasdale’s board has elected David Braswell as managing partner of the firm. He replaces John Beulick, who was named managing partner in 2016. Braswell, a partner in the firm’s corporate services practice…
Daily update: Purina, UMB Bank and more
Purina Expanding in Southeast Missouri Nestlé Purina is investing $115 million in its Bloomfield factory in Southeast Missouri where Tidy Cats brand cat litter is made. The expansion will add a 110,000-square-foot processing and packaging facility and about 30 new jobs by mid-2020. The…
Daily update: PraxisMed, Mariner Wealth, Monsanto in the news, and more…
PraxisMed acquired by Cincinnati pharma company The pharmaceutical sales assets of PraxisMed have been acquired by KeySource. PraxisMed, based in Earth City, uses a combination of U.S. and International manufacturers to supply generic and branded pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to retail…
Burns & McDonnell doubling Chicago presence; Director named for Koch Center for Family Business; Praxair doubling Neosho plant; Missouri Partnership gets interim CEO
KANSAS CITY & CHICAGO – Engineering firm Burns & McDonnell plans to add 300 jobs in Chicago over the next three years, doubling the size of its presence in the city. The employee-owned engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting firm…
Payless closing all 2,100 stores; Catholic Charities joins housing initiative; Meth is making a resurgence in MO
Payless Shoesource said Feb. 15 that it will close all 2,100 of its retail stores in the United States. Payless has more than 40 locations in Missouri — 22 locations in the St. Louis area; 14 in the Kansas City…
Branson Bank closes on purchase of Hawthorn Bank branch; $29 million psych hospital in Cape moves forward; Ameren unveils $6 billion network upgrade plan
BRANSON — Branson Bank on Thursday completed its purchase of Hawthorn Bank’s branch located in Branson, Hawthorn Bank is a subsidiary of Jefferson City-based Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HWBK). Total deposits transferred to Branson Bank were about $10.6 million. Loans…
Southeast MO State named top school for sports management MBAs; Cortex CEO leaving in December; Rockhurst business school dean leaving; IP protection seminars
Southeast Missouri State University‘s Harrison College of Business in Cape Girardeau tops the list of the best Online Sports Management MBA programs in the country, according to a ranking by ranking and resource site MBA Central. MBA Central used data from several ranking systems…
Financing closes on $68 million, 5-building KC development; AgMaxx CEO named director of public cannabis company; Sinquefield donates $800,000 to Mizzou
Cleveland developer MCM Company Inc. has closed on the financing for the $68 million West Bottoms development in Kansas City. The project will restore five historic buildings which together comprise nearly an entire city block in the West Bottoms neighborhood.…