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Nomad, a restaurant in Dogtown known for its pastrami sandwiches and burgers, has closed, but its owner has plans to open another restaurant.

St. Louis brewery Earthbound Beer is shutting down, with plans to close its Cherokee Street taproom and end distribution by year’s end.

Business group Greater St. Louis Inc. on Monday released a poll of city voters showing they support its plan for spending the government's portion of the Rams settlement money.

(The Center Square) – With another neighboring state considering legalizing sports betting, Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t see any adverse effects on Illinois' sports betting industry. Next month, voters in Missouri will decide whether to legalize sports betting. DraftKings recently contributed another $5 million in efforts to legalize online sports betting in Missouri. Pritzker included a hefty tax hike for sports betting companies in his latest Illinois budget, and some were worried that the…

A portfolio company of St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners has acquired an Arizona-based pest control business.

A spokesman for St. Louis Lambert International Airport declined to comment Monday on the Nashville announcement.

An index of St. Louis-area publicly traded stocks continues to lag behind national indices, but the gap has narrowed somewhat. Here are the winners and losers.

Start Bar, 1000 Spruce St., will close Oct. 14, per a social media post from the venue

Construction has started on a project to add streetscape improvements to Seventh Street, with a goal of better connecting Ballpark Village to the America’s Center convention center in downtown St. Louis.

Just seven years after opening its doors in O'Fallon, Illinois, administrators at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital are looking to expand. “We’ve outgrown our hospital,” HSHS St. Elizabeth’s CEO Chris Clay told an O'Fallon City Council committee last week. For an example of how busy the hospital has gotten, Clay said people should look no further than the ER. “Prior to moving to O’Fallon, we averaged 70 encounters a day in the emergency department,” Clay said. “Today, we average…

Obtaining a patent for your invention requires capital, and for many startups, that initial capital is extremely valuable. At the early stages, especially pre-revenue, there are always more projected expenses than the pool of resources can handle. But, in the competitive landscape of startups, securing a patent can significantly enhance your company’s value. So, when is it strategically wise to allocate some of that capital into your intellectual property? If your company relies on an invention…

Potter Global Technologies, which manufactures fire and life safety equipment and emergency communications products, has hired a former leader of a St. Louis-area public company as its new chief executive.

A local Frank Lloyd Wright House is launching a fundraising campaign to replace the house’s 30-year-old shingle roof, with the first donation coming from a local architecture nonprofit organization.

The foundation, a grant-making ministry of dozens of Lutheran congregations, has named a new CEO, effective Dec. 1.

The St. Louis Business Journal is accepting nominations for its sixth annual Innovation in Philanthropy Awards, a program that celebrates innovative partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local companies. Submit your nomination here before the Dec. 23 deadline. These awards highlight companies and organizations that are going above and beyond the standard philanthropic practices to evolve programs in our communities. In your nomination, tell us about the creative ways you're tackling…

The private investment firm and family office of prominent Saint Louis University donor Richard Chaifetz has invested in The Picklr, which operates indoor pickleball clubs.

A Des Peres-based provider of invoice payment and information services has won a five-year federal contract that could bring up to $1 million a year in revenue from each participating agency.

The number of employees in the St. Louis metro grew 2.57% from August 2023 to August 2024, behind only three other metro areas.

The world’s food and consumer packaged goods companies are at a crossroads: How can they reach their environmental targets while minimizing business risk? U.S. soybean farmers are uniquely positioned to solve these key challenges, but collaboration across the value chain will be required to benefit all. We see it in the news every day — pressures around the world that threaten the health of people and the planet. Extreme weather like prolonged drought and torrential flooding, constant concerns…

The city of St. Louis has filed a petition for eminent domain to seek control of the Railway Exchange Building and its adjacent parking garage in downtown St Louis.