Clayton private equity firm makes solar buy from new fund

St. Louis Business Journal 11/15 6:50A Diana Barr

A Clayton-based private equity firm has made its second solar industry investment through a partnership with a California-based provider of solar carports.

Feds seek 14-year prison term for Clayton tax attorney, 6.5 years for daughter

St. Louis Business Journal 11/6 7:51A James Drew

Prosecutors have requested that a federal judge sentence Clayton attorney Michael E. Kohn to 14 years in prison and his daughter, Catherine “Liza” Chollet, to six years and six months for their convictions for operating a fraudulent tax shelter.

'Quiet' Energizer seeks to make more noise in St. Louis with stadium name

St. Louis Business Journal 10/31 8:33A Nathan Rubbelke

For Energizer (NYSE: ENR), the Clayton-based manufacturer of batteries and car care products, its decision to put its name on the stadium of Major League Soccer franchise St. Louis City SC is part of a new, broader initiative to make its brand...

Latest hotel, a $50M project, opens in downtown Clayton

St. Louis Business Journal 10/31 8:28A Gloria Lloyd

The new hotel, at the site of the former Clayton Police Department HQ, opened last week after more than two years of construction.

Centene sues feds over Medicare Advantage score

St. Louis Business Journal 10/31 7:59A James Drew

The lawsuit, pending in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, challenges how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services scored Centene’s quality rating for Medicare Advantage and Part D health plan contracts. The...

FleishmanHillard didn't engage with mayor before leaving downtown, her office says

St. Louis Business Journal 10/15 5:37A Jacob Kirn

PR giant FleishmanHillard didn't engage with Mayor Tishaura Jones' office before making plans to leave downtown St. Louis for Clayton, Jones' office says.

$42M Cortex project seeks sales tax incentive

St. Louis Business Journal 10/8 1:17A Nathan Rubbelke

A $42 million apartment project in the Cortex innovation district is seeking a sales tax exemption from the city of St. Louis.

What to know about now-blocked FTC rule on noncompete agreements

St. Louis Business Journal 9/3 7:21A James Drew

A U.S. District Court judge last month struck down a Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban a large swath of companies from using noncompete agreements. A Clayton-based attorney discusses the implications of that ruling.

St. Louis-based Vulpes Corp. could upend the chemical manufacturing industry with domestic...

St. Louis Business Journal 8/31 6:00P Cheryl Baehr

When Rick Shang moved to St. Louis in 2014 to pursue his Ph.D. in Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology (PNP) at Washington University in St. Louis, he never imagined he’d one day help to found a company in his new city. Today, that’s exactly...

Former snack foods, auto parts CEO joins Centene board

St. Louis Business Journal 8/16 1:04A James Drew

The Clayton-based managed health care provider has added a seat to its board and filled it with the former CEO of Advance Auto Parts and Frito-Lay North America.

Arching into the future: 206-year-old St. Louis school celebrates a century at its Oakland Avenue...

St. Louis Business Journal 8/14 6:00P Fr. Matthew Stewart, SJ

As a 14-year-old boy, I was part of a carpool that would head east on Highway 40 every morning to go to school in the city. As we would turn the bend that led us underneath McCausland and Clayton Avenues and across the city limits into St. Louis,...

St. Louis-based mining firm gets $400M financing proposal

St. Louis Business Journal 8/13 6:11A Diana Barr

A Clayton-based mining company, said it is in line for a $400 million federal loan package to support development of its mining and metallurgical project in Missouri.