Business

The Smurfit-Stone building in downtown Chicago, a well-known fixture of the city's skyline. Smurfit-Stone, headquartered in Chicago and Creve Coeur, Mo. will be acquired by RockTenn of Norcross, Ga. (via Flickr/Chronochaser)

Smurfit-Stone to be acquired by RockTenn for $3.5 billion

UPDATE: 3:30 p.m. Jan. 24, 2011The St. Louis Business Journal reports that Smurfit-Stone will lose its dual headquarters of in Creve Coeur, Mo. and…

Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon (R), on Jan. 18, 2010, discusses the agreement that states the Ford Motor Company will invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next two years to produce a new line of vehicles at its Claycomo, Mo. plant. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

Economy & Business

Ford to expand Claycomo plant near Kansas City, keep jobs there

A report by Dan Verbeck, KCURWorkers at the Ford plant in suburban Kansas City received good news today from the automaker and Missouri's governor.The…

Economy & Business

Nixon heads to Taiwan, South Korea on trade mission

A trade mission led by Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon heads to Taiwan and South Korea later this month. The primary reason for the trip will be the signing of a…

Economy & Business

Commentary: A Hippocratic Oath for business

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 9, 2009 - According to a recent New York Times article, "A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of…

Economy & Business

In tough times, managers must be smarter - and more humane

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 27, 2009 - You wouldn't know it by the news headlines, but not all business owners and managers…