ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners is expanding its investment in the accessibility-services industry by acquiring Braille Works, a Florida company that has spent more than three decades producing... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) Reports and increasingly dramatic online headlines suggesting that thousands of American soldiers are being moved into Iran for an imminent ground war require an important distinction: the United States has deployed substantial ground-capable... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) The Federal Reserve‘s first interest-rate increase in more than three years is rippling through U.S. financial markets, affecting Treasury bonds, mortgage rates, stocks and borrowing costs as policymakers confront inflation that remains above... Read more
NEW YORK – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) U.S. Stock Market – U.S. stocks enter the new week with the major indexes still relatively close to record territory, but the market beneath those headline numbers is considerably less settled. Wall Street... Read more
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) Oil above $100 a barrel is painful. Higher gasoline and diesel prices affect household budgets, transportation, manufacturing, agriculture and virtually every business that moves goods from one place to another. But investors... Read more
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) Overseas Markets – Overseas stock markets moved broadly higher Monday as semiconductor shares rallied across Asia and crude oil prices retreated from last week’s elevated levels, providing some relief to investors concerned... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) Tensions between the United States and Iran are rising again as Tehran warns that it has information suggesting Washington and its allies could be preparing another major military attack, while U.S. officials have... Read more
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) At least 11 people were shot, and three were killed across the greater St. Louis metropolitan area between noon Friday and midnight Sunday, according to police information and local news reports reviewed... Read more
ST. ANN, MO – September 20, 2026 (DirectSourceNews) Two people were wounded and an armed suspect was critically injured after being shot by a police officer during a large gathering Saturday night outside a dance studio in St. Ann, Missouri,... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – September 20, 2026 (DirectSourceNews) U.S.-Iran War – The war between the United States and Iran has entered another potentially decisive period, with military operations continuing across the Middle East while Tehran simultaneously offers Washington conditions for negotiations... Read more