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A Colorado wealth management firm with about $279 million in assets under management. has joined Moneta from Wells Fargo Advisors’ independent advisory channel, FiNet. The deal raises Moneta’s AUM to about $34 billion.

A hunger relief nonprofit in St. Louis County is undergoing an $11 million renovation.

A board game maker said Thursday it will create a St. Louis-themed Monopoly game, with input solicited from residents.

Jack Maritz was working at Delta Extraction, a marijuana manufacturing facility in Robertsville, in February 2023 when the company’s regular state compliance officer stopped by unannounced.  The officer, Heather Bilyeu, wanted to make sure Delta had “accurate counts” in the state’s tracking database of how much THC distillate, or concentrated THC oil, they had in the building. “We weighed every jar of distillate that we had together,” Maritz, the manager of the facility and part owner,…

Matt Lebon's business, Custom Foodscaping, works with schools, corporations, families and restaurants to create "edible landscapes."

Discount grocer Aldi said Thursday it plans to open 800 more U.S. stores through 2028, including in the Midwest.

Salt + Smoke, which last Friday opened its fifth location in Ellisville, has signed a lease for its sixth location.

NorthSide strongly opposed the move, passed unanimously last month by aldermen, and indicated it could sue.

The deadline to submit a nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's 2024 Business of Pride Awards, now in its fourth year, is just one week away. Recognize and celebrate outstanding LGBTQIA+ business leaders and companies that are advocating for inclusion and equality. Submit your nomination before the March 14 deadline here. In addition, the Business Journal again hopes to recognize those who are not members of the LGBTQIA+ community, but allies leading their teams with an inclusive lens that…

Speaker Dean Plocher’s attorney sought to attend a closed-door hearing of the Missouri House Ethics Committee on Wednesday night, arguing he should be allowed to stay in order to listen to the panel review a report detailing the investigation of his client. Lowell Pearson, a veteran Republican attorney, was informed by the committee’s chair – Republican Rep. Hannah Kelly of Mountain Grove – that House rules require proceedings of the ethics committee to be confidential, with none of the…

United Steelworkers is "actively engaged" with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to help block the proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by Nippon Steel Corp.

Data from Explore St. Louis shows that four out of five out-of-town convention visitors enjoyed St. Louis.

Law firm Brown and Crouppen is fully moved into its new $15.5 million historic factory-turned-office on The Hill, which blends historic elements with a modern, whimsical office space.

C2N Diagnostics LLC, a St. Louis-based biotechnology firm that has created a blood test designed to help doctors detect Alzheimer's disease, has secured funding from a Japanese pharmaceutical company.

After coming across actuarial tables in the IRS regulations, Lawrence Katzenstein decided to turn what he considered a hobby – and still does – into a side business.

Novus International, a Chesterfield-based animal feed additive and nutrition company, has acquired Durham, North Carolina-based BioResource International Inc.

Sky Marketing Consultants LLC, a St. Louis-based boutique marketing consultancy, has been acquired by a growing Chicago firm.

The closure is part of the company's previously announced plan to close around 900 stores, or about 10% of its U.S. locations, between 2022 and 2024.

If you pay to check your luggage on Delta flights, you'll soon be paying more.

Bluebird Network, a communications infrastructure provider and data center operator based in south St. Louis County, has named Jason Adkins as CEO.