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The Memphis-based transportation and business services company is closing a downtown St. Louis office.

A specialty coffee roaster has opened a new headquarters and roasting facility, where it's planning to add a new coffeehouse next.

Business leaders are contending with a host of challenges in today’s dynamic economic environment. The labor market remains tight. Interest rates are staying high longer than many anticipated. Fast-evolving technologies are changing customer and employee expectations and putting pressure on companies to innovate quickly. Maintaining a focus on growth and profitability requires juggling numerous responsibilities and making wise decisions. The market leaders at Commerce Bank have experience navigating…

A provider of care services to developmentally disabled persons is closing its location in south St. Louis and laying off workers.

U.S. Bancorp on Friday announced that it will promote Gunjan Kedia to president, a title that has previously led to eventual ascension to the CEO role.

While no longer at the helm of "Shark Tank" firm Myself Belts, Talia Goldfarb has remained active in St. Louis’ startup community. She’s launched Entrepreneurial Insight LLC, a consulting and coaching business that melds together Goldfarb’s experience operating Myself Belts and previous roles she held as a social worker and therapist.

The lawsuit filed in August 2022 focuses on health insurance plans sold by Centene subsidiaries on the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 26 states.

Studio M, the Fenton-based manufacturer of home and garden decor that shut down in April, has sold its brand to a gift company based outside Kansas City.

The richest people in Missouri and Illinois can both thank retail for their wealth.

Washington University on Monday named noted epidemiologist Dr. Sandro Galea as the inaugural head of its planned School of Public Health, effective Jan. 1.

The buyer of the company is a private equity fund that will take the St. Louis-area company private after the deal.

Nippon Steel has extended its timeline to close the $14.9 billion deal for Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. The deal, announced Dec. 18, has drawn controversy from the beginning.

Launched in 1997 by six founding members, Environmental Restoration has expanded to 24 locations across the United States.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center is making the education programming of its Anchor Accelerator available to the public.

As the new Global Practice Group Leader for Corporate Transactions, the BCLP partner is spread across multiple time zones.

The Missouri Technology Corp. says it has achieved a key milestone, having now awarded more than $50 million to early-stage companies through its state-sponsored venture capital program.

A quickly growing, New Jersey-based Mexican fusion chain recently opened its first location in the St. Louis region and is already looking to add a second.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis has hired a new dean for its College of Nursing, following a nationwide search.

Construction is underway on a new $11.5 million government center in Eureka.

A campaign to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution said Friday that it collected more than 380,000 signatures in just three months, more than twice the likely total needed to qualify for this year’s statewide ballot.  The coalition, called Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, is hoping to put on the November ballot a measure that would legalize abortion up to the point of fetal viability. Since June 2022, nearly every abortion has been illegal in the state with the exception…