JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bayer is closing its crop science division headquarters in North Carolina and moving 500 jobs to the St. Louis area. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced the move Tuesday in his Capitol office. Lisa Safarian, Bayer’s commercial operations-North America president, says the German pharmaceutical and life sciences company is closing its…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A businessman has admitted in federal court that he provided bribes as part of former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger’s pay-to-play scheme, the fourth person to plead guilty in connection with the crime. John Rallo pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of bribery. Sentencing will be Oct. 15. Rallo was…
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — Facebook’s ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it’s shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve. Congress begins two days of hearings Tuesday on the currency planned by Facebook, to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Port Authority says it will seek proposals to develop the defunct Jamestown Mall site. At a North County Town Hall Meeting Monday, members of the community asked questions about the future of the site. Representatives from the St. Louis Board of Economic Development said that the brush should…