Kansas City law firm Kirkland Woods & Martinsen hired two St. Louis-area lawyers — John Challis, who had been with Polsinelli, and Andrew Mitchell, who had been with Greensfelder — to open a St. Louis office in Clayton. Eaton Partners helped Warren Equity Partners raise $310 million for its first institutional…
Number of Missouri Fortune 500 companies drops to 9
With the closings of the acquisitions of Express Scripts and Monsanto, Missouri is now home to nine Fortune 500 companies. The largest of the group is Centene, with annual revenue of $48.6 billion in 2017. That was good for No.…
5 big transportation projects win $90 million; Aegion gets new controller; New York company buys St. Louis property for $10 million
Five big projects will move forward with an award yesterday of $90 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grants were awarded through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development program, which is for nationally and regionally…
Brewpubs over served; NGA takes control of HQ land; Mizzou Health looks to buy SSM hospitals; Emerson makes valve acquisition
Following years of expansion, the brewpub industry appears to be suffering from overbuilding. Earlier this week, McCoy’s Public House in Kansas City announced it’s closing. This comes a week after drama between St. Louis brewers Schlafly and 4Hands. Sales have…
Southern Missouri Bancorp begins integration of First Commercial Bank
Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc. has begun the process of integrating its operations with those of First Commercial Bank. Southern Missouri (NASDAQ: SMBC), based in Poplar Bluff, completed its merger Nov. 21 with Gideon Bancshares Co. of Dexter, Mo. Gideon is…
50 Largest employers in Missouri
Here is a list of the state’s 50 largest employers, based on information from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The original source of the information is from InfoUSA’s fourth-quarter 2017 Census of Employment and Wages. While the list is…