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Financial and health tech companies were among those who received venture capital investments in the third quarter, during which local investments rose overall, according to a new report.

Two multifamily properties for low-income households and older adults located near Lafayette Square are to be renovated in a $52.7 million project.

The foundation, led by Lindbergh's grandson, aims to raise $10 million in 10 years to support its focus on sustainable aviation and the upcoming 100th anniversary of the famed New York-to-Paris flight.

A franchisee is preparing to open its second St. Louis-area location of the gym and exercise-class chain as it plans more local growth.

The owner of Chesterfield Mall said at the start of the mall’s demolition Tuesday that he will see the project that will replace it – Downtown Chesterfield – through to the end.

Walgreens plans to close 1,200 U.S. retail stores over the next three years. How the strategy will play out in the St. Louis area is to be determined.

Keisha Scarlett's employment as the superintendent of Saint Louis Public Schools was terminated Monday, months after being placed on leave amid an investigation into the district's budget. The district's board voted to terminate Scarlett's employment "for cause" by a vote of 6-0, with one member abstaining. A news release from the district Tuesday said the vote came Monday night after the board held an evidentiary hearing. "At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Education voted to terminate…

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

Both directions of the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge will be closed for up to two days due to a vacant warehouse fire burning nearby and affecting visibility. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the bridge that carries Interstate 70 over the Mississippi River will be closed for up to two days due to the fire, which started Monday. The fire is at a six-story vacant warehouse near the intersection of North Broadway and Mullanphy Street in St. Louis' North Riverfront. MoDOT…

“What you see is just more of the significant revaluation because of supply and demand," Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said.

An activist investor that for months has been calling for change at Southwest Airlines Co. is following through on its pledge to ask other shareholders whether they agree. The airline is the busiest carrier at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday said it would shutter its Maryland Heights printing facility and lay off 72 workers there, just the latest cost-cutting measure as its Iowa parent continues to generate less revenue.

Hardware wholesaler True Value Co. LLC has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell itself to a rival. The 4,500 retail stores it serves are independently owned and not part of the bankruptcy, with the exception of one company-owned store.

A new location of discount grocery chain Aldi is opening in Florissant this week. The grocery store, at 240 Howdershell Road, will host its grand opening Thursday with an 8:45 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony. Customers will be allowed to enter the store immediately following the ceremony, officials said. Aldi offers bakery items, meats and seafood, fresh produce, cheese and wine, along with seasonal food and home goods, often under its house brands. A spokesperson said the company is giving the…

The move represents the latest striking blow to the struggling central business district.

St. Louis-based climate technologies and HVAC business Copeland has changed the names of several of its products and services to its own, which officials said is a milestone following its spinoff last year from its former parent company in a multibillion-dollar deal.

Workers were busy Monday continuing to prepare the Chesterfield Mall for demolition, which will start Tuesday.

This was the family-owned tire retailer's first acquisition since receiving a private equity investment last year.

The 3,400-square-foot, single-story building will have four offices, a conference room and areas where clients can meet privately to discuss finances and two teller lines.

It will be a 'merger of equals' that will see a St. Louis public company name disappear, although it will keep a local presence.