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The restaurant chain filed paperwork revealing its next owner. Here's who the buyer is and what comes next.

D.A. Davidson Cos. raised its 2024 and 2025 earnings per share estimates for the bank holding company from $4.55 and $4.60 to $4.65 and $4.70, respectively, Jeff Rulis, a senior research analyst with the firm, wrote in a note Tuesday.

The firm, which makes software that provides statistical analysis for patent applications, has expanded its staff and leadership team after receiving additional funding from an investor.

(The Center Square) – Enhancing relationships with aerospace manufacturers and beer brewers will be the focus of Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson while on a trade mission to the United Kingdom and Belgium. Parson and the contingent will visit with representatives of two of the largest employers in the state, The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) at the Farnborough International Air Show, and Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) in Belgium during the five-day trip that began Monday and concludes Friday. In…

The leader of business group Greater St. Louis Inc., Jason Hall, writes that the organization is endorsing Wesley Bell because the congressional race "will have a tremendous impact on the future of St. Louis and Missouri for the next decade and beyond."

The city plans to submit a purchase offer to the building's owner and will pursue eminent domain if a deal can’t be reached.

The Railway Exchange Building was once a jewel of downtown St. Louis. Mark Hall, now tasked with managing security for the building, has fond memories of holidays on that block. "I still remember Famous Barr when they used to decorate the windows at Christmastime," he said. The 21-story, 1.24 million-square-foot building, which spans from Locust Street to Olive Street and Sixth to Seventh streets, has been vacant since 2014. Hall is the regional director of security for Citizen's Guard Security,…

Panera Brands Inc., the parent company of St. Louis-based bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread, reportedly is looking to sell several of its other restaurant chains.

A public-private initiative to create more of a downtown area for a city in St. Charles County will get a boost from the addition of a city park and an entertainment complex, the developer said.

Laclede’s Landing Main Street, a business association promoting the Laclede’s Landing neighborhood, has hired an executive director.

A company tied to a St. Louis developer is eyeing the purchase of a St. Louis apartment complex that was put into receivership this year.

A St. Louis-based restaurant group will open its latest location on the ground floor of a new apartment complex in Kirkwood.

A Dallas-based wholesale insurance brokerage has acquired the assets of a St. Louis-area specialty insurance brokerage.

A major barrier to homeownership often is not having enough cash on hand for the down payment and closing costs. That's why Bank of America’s Community Homeownership Commitment is in its fifth year, according to Gentry Coffman, its market leader for consumer lending in the St. Louis area.

Greater St. Louis Inc. CEO Jason Hall writes that the large business group is endorsing a Republican for Missouri governor. It hasn't previously endorsed any candidate.

The St. Louis Business Journal's 2024 Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards celebrate individuals and organizations that promote diversity around race, sexual orientation and disability. Here are this year's honorees.

It's the latest strategy in the wide-ranging effort by the Japanese company to allay fears.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey insists his office is working to hold the federal government accountable for the decades-old radioactive waste contamination that plagues the St. Louis area. “We are fighting to ensure that the federal government protects Missourians from the poison that the federal government injected into the streams and creeks there in eastern Missouri,” he told The Independent. But the two candidates vying to oust him from the office say Bailey is just the latest…

St. Louis radio personality Tammie Holland died Saturday after a three-year battle with cancer. Her sister shared the news online, calling her a loving sister and mother. Holland was a co-host of the "Real Breakfast Crew" on Foxy 106.9, an R&B and urban music radio station. Fans and colleagues from across the area shared tributes and remembered her. Holland shared publicly that she was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021. In June, she announced she was receiving hospice care. She was 53 years…

Clayton is set to get its first marijuana dispensary, after the operator recently received approval from the city.