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Belgium-based Sonaca Group plans to shutter a Kansas plant operated by St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace before the end of the year.

Dorothy Ferman was straight out of the movies – the old-time films of “The Front Page,” and “His Girl Friday” would have easily cast her in a starring role. She was a big-city crime reporter in the 1930s to 1950s, I was told.

The Charles Schwab Corp. will close some of its smaller offices, including one in the St. Louis area, which will shift to full-time remote work as the brokerage firm reevaluates real estate needs.

Music artist, entrepreneur and St. Louis native Nelly has agreed to sell part of his recorded catalog to a private equity firm.

Dave Steward, the billionaire co-founder of giant St. Louis private firm World Wide Technology, recommended Gabe Gore to replace embattled city prosecutor Kim Gardner, newly released text messages reveal.

A Kirkwood-based provider of disinfectant and antimicrobial products has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with plans to reorganize its debt under its current ownership.

The CEO pay ratio compares total CEO compensation with compensation for the median-paid employee. Experts' opinions vary on whether the disclosure is useful or not.

Drugstore operator Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to close a Metro East warehouse next month, laying off nearly 400 workers.

After witnessing extreme poverty during a visit to Africa, Terri Stipanovich returned to the United States and started a nonprofit to empower women. The Collective Thread, located in a 7,000-square-foot space downtown, helps immigrant, refugee and undeserved area residents develop marketable skills as seamstresses.

Commercial Industrial Finance Inc. (CIF), a St. Louis-based equipment leasing and finance business, became Republic Bank Finance, effective July 1.

A new $106 million high-rise apartment tower is planned in Clayton on prime real estate owned by the St. Louis County Port Authority — a project that replaces a prior plan announced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chesterfield-based agriculture firm Bunge Ltd. said Wednesday that it has teamed up with a subsidiary of energy giant Chevron Corp. to acquire an Argentina-based seed company.

A fast-casual restaurant known for its chicken finger meals plans to open its second location in Metro East.

Nidec Corp., the Japan-based manufacturer of electric motors, has acquired a Louisiana business that will become part of its St. Louis-based unit.

A portfolio company of St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners that provides communications and other managed technology services has expanded with its ninth add-on acquisition.

A company is planning its new corporate headquarters in St. Charles County, with the help of industrial bonds to be issued by the city of O’Fallon, Missouri.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville posted the largest increase in research funding of all universities in the region. We sat down with the school's associate provost for research to hear more about what's happening in SIUE's research realm.

Millions of dollars in funding for St. Louis-area projects has been slashed by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who made 201 vetoes, cutting $555.3 million from the coming year's state budget.

ArchKey Solutions, the Fenton-based electrical and technology contracting company, said it made a number of leadership changes to support its long-term vision and growth.

Thompson Street Capital Partners, a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has expanded its mathematical optimization business Gurobi Optimization with an acquisition.