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Kitty Ratcliffe will exit tourism and convention agency Explore St. Louis before her contract ends, the organization said Tuesday.

4M Building Solutions, a growing St. Louis-based commercial cleaning and janitorial services company, has entered the Michigan market with its latest acquisition.

Webster University has been rocked by challenges. Its new leader says his job "will be understanding more clearly what the data shows and really dive into it."

Renderings released Tuesday by SSM Health provided a first look inside what’s proposed for its new 14-story SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital being built at Chouteau Avenue and Grand Boulevard.

Lutheran Senior Services, a nonprofit provider of housing, care and support services for older adults, has completed an acquisition that brings it to an estimated $360 million in total annual revenue.

The new leader is a St. Louis native and former Ivy League football player whose plan includes doubling the number of investment specialists in the local office.

After months of polls showing Bill Eigel in a distant third place in the GOP primary for Missouri governor, a new survey suggests he may be within striking distance of the frontrunners.  And the poll giving Eigel a boost was paid for by one of his campaign rivals, though it doesn’t appear to be intended for public consumption.  American Dream PAC, the political action committee supporting Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, commissioned the June poll but has not released it to the public. The Independent…

Ameren Missouri has filed a request with the state regulatory to raise rates by an average of $17 a month.

Spirit Aerosystems has been at the center of Boeing’s supply chain woes after a series of production missteps.

The deal puts Missouri theme parks Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka and Cedar Fair-owned Worlds of Fun in Kansas City under the same ownership.

Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), the Clayton-based supplier of network infrastructure products and services, said Monday it has completed a $290 million deal.

Missouri American Water said Monday that it is seeking a rate hike equaling on average $18 a month for residential customers.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's $1 billion in budget cuts, handed down Friday, affect numerous St. Louis-area projects worth millions of dollars.

A restaurant chain that serves tacos will soon open its second St. Louis location, in west St. Louis County.

Evolution St. Louis was supposed to reignite St. Louis' fashion industry by providing designers like Retta Tussey a contract manufacturer to make their products locally. Instead, it's led to a series of lawsuits, defaulted loans and, in Tussey's words, "months of empty promises."

In addition to Tampa and the St. Louis area, Fidelis Capital has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C. Dallas; Charlotte, North Carolina, and Greenwich, Connecticut.

St. Louis gastrointestinal health startup Geneoscopy, which has developed a test to screen for colon cancer, said Monday it has filed a counter suit against a competitor’s claims of patent infringement.

O'Connell's Pub in Southwest Garden is for sale, the business said.

The president and CEO of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center had been with the organization since 2011.

Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC on Monday said it has fired coach Bradley Carnell.