Stifel Financial Corp., parent of the Stifel Nicolaus brokerage, announced Wednesday that it plans to offer 1.2 million shares of common stock through a public offering.

After the offering, St. Louis-based Stifel will have 29.75 million common shares outstanding, the company…

That the Dow Jones Industrial Index fell another 251 points on Monday to close at the lowest level since Oct. 1997. The drop in stock markets over the past eight months underscores just how many more people have been selling stocks than buying them lately.…

General Motors Corp. had a rough day today.

Shares of the Detroit automaker have been slipping in the past week, as investors worried that the global credit crisis will particularly slam banks and automakers. But spurred by a statement today from Standard…

Nearly six million shares of Chesterfield-based Thermadyne Holdings Corp. is up for sale.

The company — which makes cutting and welding products for use in manufacturing, construction and other operations — is offering 1.5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing today. Shareholder Angelo,…