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A university with multiple campuses has purchased a former grocery store site near Lafayette Square for $4 million.

St. Louis Public Radio reported that gifts declined and expenses rose, as its operating loss grew.

Higher inventories and lower production levels for Spirit's Boeing 737 Max work have caused financial strain on Wichita's largest employer.

The St. Louis Business Journal — along with about 520 guests — honored the 2024 Best Places to Work and HR Awards winners during a luncheon at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel downtown.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and advocates rallied outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, urging House lawmakers to extend a fund for victims of U.S. nuclear testing that is set to expire in less than a month. But critics say the program is too expensive and should be winding down, and it’s not clear if the House will act before the looming deadline. New Mexico Democrats Sen. Ben Ray Luján and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, and Guam’s Republican House delegate, James Moylan, among others, called…

A St. Louis-based provider of products and technologies for the pharmaceutical industry has named a new chief financial officer with over 30 years of financial leadership experience.

Gathering employees for charitable causes, exercising together, taking field trips – those are the sorts of things that make companies in our Best Places to Work Awards section great places to work. Our staff here at the St. Louis Business Journal offered an example of how those things can make a difference through, of all things, running.

Everybody’s story of that battle, even struggle, with weight issues is different, but essentially has many shared characteristics.

Aside from revenue growth, the staffing firm also doubled its employees from 2023 to 2024. A firm executive tells the Business Journal about the growth, and about how the industry is changing.

Shareholders of Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) soundly rejected a proposal from an activist investor to push the corporation to set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

One of St. Louis' luxury hotels plans to renovate its lobby to create better gathering spaces.

The St. Louis-based company already is making a splash in the Austin, Texas, region with a huge cold storage project.

The St. Louis Business Journal's annual Best Places to Work Awards, which recognizes the top workplaces in the St. Louis region, is one of the most anticipated awards programs of the year.

A Clayton-based wealth management firm paid $1.1 million for office renovation work done by a contractor, but the money was stolen by cybercriminals instead, according to a lawsuit.

The St. Louis-based venture capital firm has reported raising the $14 million for a new seed investment fund, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

By the time Elliott Brown was in third grade, he would come home from school, defrost one of the chicken breasts his mother kept stocked in the freezer and prepare it for himself on the stove: “I was never nervous in the kitchen,” he said. “Cooking has always been this natural thing that I enjoy.”

The firm has 28 employees and offers several perks that enables female employees to balance their personal and work lives, including work-from-home options and childcare support.

KAI Enterprises, among the region's largest minority-owned businesses, takes its role in the St. Louis community seriously. The architecture firm believes its work to design and build structures results in improving the lives of people who use them.

Maryville Consulting Group, founded and led by Joe Blomker, prides itself on the ability to create an environment that attracts young professionals out of college and help set them up for success in their future.

The new figures underscore the challenge faced by a government that has emphasized rebuilding North City and expressed a desire for significant numbers of new residents.