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Ambitious. If I had to choose one word that best sums up our 2023 class of Inno Under 25 honorees, that’s the word I’d choose.

After gifting coffee from his home country, Firoal Ahmed kept getting asked where they could get more. That led him to launch his own coffee business.

Heath Rutledge-Jukes never envisioned becoming a startup founder, but his preparation for the Medical College Admission Test changed that. Uninspired by his options to prepare for the test, the 24-year-old created a new option.

Rachel Johns began her college studies at Washington University with plans to eventually become a veterinarian. However, after starting her coursework, she realized that wasn’t her passion. That led to finding an interest in geospatial technology.

The young entrepreneur not only spotted an inefficiency in the manufacturing process, he also devised of a plan to monetize excess material into a potential $100 million business venture.

Inspired by a personal finance class, Helen Telahun has created a startup that has developed an app to provide financial literacy.

Katie Lee Collier said she currently has three restaurant concepts in various stages of development planned for the St. Louis region, with the first likely to open in 2025 in St. Louis County.

Billionaire Bill Gates has made a big bet on Anheuser-Busch InBev, even as the Bud Light maker has struggled.

Webster University's top board official on Wednesday said he was aware of litigation involving its downtown St. Louis campus — plus longterm enrollment declines and a credit downgrade last year, but said he expects the school to soon report more students for its fall term.

A global insurance brokerage and financial services firm has entered the St. Louis market with the acquisition of a locally based health care insurance and employee benefits provider.

The company expects to exceed its goal this year of $1.5 billion in buy-backs.

A plan long in the works to convert the Chesterfield Mall site into more than $2 billion of new mixed-use development received final approval from city officials Tuesday night.

The St. Louis Business Journal has opened up the nomination process for the 2024 Best Places to Work Awards program.

In late 2022, CommerceHealthcare® published its annual assessment of leading issues and opportunities influencing providers. The report, Healthcare Finance Trends for 2023 – Multiple Intersecting Challenges, offered eight themes in four overarching categories: Financial. Patient financial experience. Digital transformation. Building trust. Four financial themes were prominent in the year’s first half. Chasing elusive profitability The median hospital operating margin turned positive…

More than 4 million federal student loan borrowers are enrolled in the Biden administration’s new repayment program, according to figures released Tuesday by the Department of Education. With the pause of more than three years on federal student loan repayments coming to an end in October, and the Supreme Court’s summer decision to strike down the White House’s one-time debt relief program, the Department of Education has rolled out several repayment and loan forgiveness programs. One of those…

Philadelphia-based attorney Richard Scheff, who is a former federal prosecutor, had led Armstrong Teasdale's East Coast expansion and operations.

Four creditors on Thursday filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the owner of a St. Louis hospital.

The owner of the Arcade Building in downtown St. Louis is suing Webster University, claiming that it quit paying rent on its space in the building.

Latch Inc. will rebrand to Door.com as it increases its focus on providing technology to help service providers manage their businesses.

United Airlines said Tuesday it repaired a technology glitch that had forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling one of the nation's biggest carriers on a busy travel day. Federal officials said United crews had been unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means. “A software update caused a widespread slowdown in United’s technology systems,” and was not a cybersecurity issue, United said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. The Federal Aviation…